A Busy June

Following a rain-repelling afternoon of raucous Percussion-Dance-Jazz (and dance people did!) at Kensington’s 1st Pedestrian Sunday of the year, DRUMHAND is very excited to launch hands-first into the vast Ontario wilderness mapping new territory and extending the frontiers of their music. Some video from the Car-free Kensington show can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiT9AQ9TdO4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k2UzoagZhQ

As diverse as their compositions and instrumentation are the settings in which DRUMHAND can be seen and heard (and danced to) this month. Their live act is equally at home and complementary in schools, nightclubs, cafés, parks, festivals, train stations and... at 'clothing-optional' venues...

June 2011 is our busiest month to date, please check in for up-dates.

DH

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May Poetry

Patio season is fast approaching and DRUMHAND welcomes its long anticipated arrival, though several poetic stops will be made on the way...

At the Strega Café, down St.Catharine’s way You’ll find DRUMHAND and dancers on the fourteenth of May.

http://www.stregacafe.ca/

For 'Arts in the Atrium', we'll be bringing out our very best drum A free concert at noon, on the 19th of the month before June.

http://www.reverbnation.com/show/4071067 In Toronto on the 26th, you'll surely be missed Should you not show your face at the Central Bar place.

http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/thecentralbar

In other news:

We were extremely honoured to have one of our tracks, The Chant, featured on a short film by UNITERRA called Girls Club: Improving Girls’ Education in Ghana. You can watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/uniterraprogramme#p/a/u/2/8CKvuflI_cY

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April Thinking and drool...

A very merry Spring to you all!

And, with the arrival of spring comes the arrival of more music. DRUMHAND has been hard at work developing a fresh crop of new material specially designed for standing still and thinking. March was secretly a fruitful month for Toronto’s PERCUSSION DANCE JAZZ ORCHESTRA. A long-anticipated photo-shoot with, New York photographer, Zuzana Hudackova, elicited a wealth of new visual stimuli with which DRUMHAND fans and devotees can now ogle and drool over.

We were extremely honoured to have one of our tracks, The Chant, featured on a short film by UNITERRA called Girls Club: Improving Girls’ Education in Ghana. You can watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/uniterraprogramme#p/a/u/2/8CKvuflI_cY

For more info/news, please visit:

www.reverbnation.com/drumhandmusic

DRUMHAND is:

Marcus Ali David Chan Larry Graves Rebecca Hennessy Dr. Stefano Mancuso (Italy)

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DRUMHAND LIVE?

April 2: The Mansion, Kingston, ON. 9pm. April 5: The Spill, Peterborough, ON, 7pm. May 14: Strega Café, ST, Catherines, ON. 7pm. May 19: Toronto Western Hospital ‘Art in the Atrium’ Series, noon, FREE. June 2: Phog Lounge, Windsor, ON. 9pm. June 3: The Black Dog, Bayfield, ON, 9pm. June 4: East Street Station, Goderich, ON.

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March News

February was another busy month for Toronto's Percussion-Jazz Dance Orchestra.

If you had been one of the fortunate in attendance at one of our recent concerts, you may have witnessed which if the following?

A) DRUMHAND playing for SUPER BOWL SUNDAY festivities at the EMMET RAY in full protective gear...

B) Performing for Iniké's Diaspora kick-off concert at York University featuring such esteemed musicians as Amara Kante, Mbemba Bangoura, and Samba Squad. A fantastic evening of percussion-based music from around the world (was also a special treat to get to use Beatle's-style vintage sound equipment!)...

C) A rollicking good time at Irene’s Pub in Ottawa with special guest appearances from members of local dance/drumming troupe, Rattling Tro Tro (some were apparently breaking anti-barefoot dancing legislation)...

D) Icicles forming on trumpets and saxophones (and egos) at Mel Lastman Square where DRUMHAND entertained hundreds of keen skaters from the eagles-view vantage point of a snow-covered stage on 'Family Day' in -22°C weather... yes that was snow-covered stage...

E) All of the above?

OVER THE RADIO WAVES:

A few reviews of our début album, Moving Still:

http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/SoulFunkAndWorld/drumhand-moving_still

http://www.earshot-online.com/reviews/DisplayReview.cfm?DiscID=106528 Moving Still has also been consistently appearing on !Earshot’s International and Jazz charts thanks to some avid listeners across the country:

http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=104

Moving Still also extended its streak on CHART ATTACK’s World/Folk chart to eight weeks. Thanks to all of you out there in radio land who are playing, listening to, and enjoying our music!

http://www.chartattack.com/charts/worldfolk/2011-03-01 Help chase the winter away by downloading this month’s free track, Variations No.1, a spirited percussion-led romp featuring the unique birembau work of Stefano Mancuso (Italy) and soul-wrenching vocals by Goderich's very own David Chan.

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#1 on !Earshot last week

Happy 2011 everyone.

We are very pleased to proclaim that our 2010 release, Moving Still, hit #1 on the !Earshot international listings last week!!

Thanks to all you radio folk who have been playing it. Keep up the great work!

For those who are not familiar with !Earshot, it is the Canadian national college/university radio station report on recent airplay:

http://www.earshot-online.com/index.cfm

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