Behind every great band is a great drummer. And while it's still rare to find a woman behind a kit, some of music's most compelling sticksmiths are in fact female. But who are those that have mastered ...

Mindy Abovitz hopes to inspire other female drummers. — -- The decision to start playing the drums at age 21 ultimately led Mindy Abovitz on a path to inspire other female drummers. “It was less ...

Drummers don’t get enough love. Mastering the art of drumming in any genre or style of music is no easy feat. Still, these four female drummers managed to become some of the best of all time; and they ...

Live in the D – When you think of a drummer, you may typically think of a man, but Gayelynn McKinney from “Woman Who Drum” is changing the narrative. She talked with “Live in the D” host Tati Amare ...

If you look backward through the history of rock 'n' roll, you'll find that the ratio of women to men has always been, in a word, unbalanced. At the time of this writing in 2025, less than 10 percent ...

Foremost female drummer, Temitope Odebiyi, aka Topsticks has said she started drumming from her mother’s womb. She asserted this in an exclusive chat with The Nation at her ‘Drum Queens Festival’ ...