When people think about the therapeutic effects of music, they might imagine pianos or harps. They don’t usually imagine the percussive thwacks and bangs of drums.

The rhythmic sound of Obi Rhythms echoes through downtown Raleigh every first Sunday of the month. Organizers of the drum circle say the music brings healing. Other WRAL Top Stories "Obi" is an ...

JAMES ISLAND — Three-year-old Marley Zen Harwyn and 2-year-old Zoe Sunshine Harwyn were a little timid at first when joining a lively drum circle of around 30 kids at the Charleston Pour House. Their ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Every evening at dusk, they know to come and form a circle outside the famed beach house near the lakefront on Chicago's South Side. The 63rd Street Beach drum circle has met every ...

Jerrod Walters never dreamed of a career in education, though his recent success as the music teacher at Riley Elementary School would indicate otherwise. Admired by his peers and students alike, he ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Once a month, a group of senior citizens get together to make a lot of noise in the western suburbs – the louder, the better. Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes us inside "Drum ...

FLINT, MI -- The rush of the Flint River provides an ambient background hum as the rhythms of the Community Drum Circle filled Riverbank Park in downtown Flint on Wednesday night. Flint musicians ...

The banks of the Charles River were kept alive by the heartbeat of djembe drums Tuesday afternoon — tying the soft rattling of bicycle spokes, the cries and laughter of children and the muffled ring ...

A free West African drum circle takes place every Tuesday night in Fayetteville. The circle is led by Francis Kweku Osei, a professional drummer from Ghana. The event aims to share West African ...

West African Drumming Master Mamadou Traore is back for his next Community Drum Circle at the Davis Arts Center, 1919 F St., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. The outdoor circle will convene on ...

A well-known Asheville musical tradition returned Friday night, in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city. The Asheville Drum Circle had its first regular Friday night ...