What do you get when you mix swing dancing and taiko drumming? Just ask San Jose Taiko. Video of the group’s swing taiko performance has gone viral on social media, garnering nearly a million views on ...

On stage, a flute lightly sounds, followed by a piercing beat of a chu-daiko drum. Another beat sounds out, and another, in a quickening progression. The sound of Kyodo Taiko, the first collegiate ...

The crowd hushed moments before Tsunami Taiko drummers raised their bachi sticks to begin a thundering performance Friday night during the Waimea High School Alumni and Friends Foundation Carnival.

In the Ballico and Cressey areas, they march to the beat of a different drummer. Members of the Ballico Taiko Club’s performing group will be demonstrating their unique drum-playing talents later this ...

Sado, Japan, is not an easy trip. After a 14-hour flight to Tokyo, you’ll have to hop a two-hour bullet train ride followed by a two-and-a-half-hour ferry trip to get there. But on this isolated ...

WALTER: THE BEAT OF JAPAN ON DISPLAY IN SACRAMENTO. THE TAIKO DRUMMING GROUP SHIDARA SHOWCASING ITS EXPLOSIVE MUSICAL STYLE ON THE STEPS OF THE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM ON J STREET. NORMALLY, YOU’D HAVE TO ...

series restricts performers to a miniscule stage and dares them to think large. Portland Taiko, the Japanese big-drum ensemble, fills vast auditoriums with rolling thunders of sound. "Ten Tiny Taiko," ...

The song started quietly, with singing. Then the drumbeats began, slowly growing in intensity. Even across the lawn of Kindleberger Park in Parchment, the sound could be felt as much as it was heard.

has titled its 2010 season finale, which it will present Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the Newmark Theatre, And that’s only fitting, because the shows will feature what you might call the ...

"Katachi: The Shape of Sounds in Silence," a performance of Japanese taiko drums and flute, will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College. Kaoru ...