Robert H. Cataliotti is a music critic and historian who teaches at Coppin State University in Baltimore. A contributing writer for Living Blues magazine, he has also published two books, The Music in African American Fiction and The Songs Became the Stories: The Music in African-American Fiction, 1970-2005. He is the producer and annotator of Classic Sounds of New Orleans from Smithsonian Folkways (2010).
Herlin Riley is a preeminent drummer on the contemporary New Orleans music scene. He has released four albums: Watch What You're Doing (2000), Cream of the Crescent (2005), New Direction (2016), and Perpetual Optimism (2019). Riley is the coauthor of New Orleans Jazz and Second Line Drumming and is adjunct drum instructor at the University of New Orleans, Northwestern University, and The Juilliard School.
"Drumsville is a fascinating exploration of the groove at the heart
of the city's rich musical tradition. . . . The sheer expansiveness
and inclusion of the musicians featured within these pages makes
this an indispensable chronicle of the history of drums and
drumming in American music. . . . For anyone who loves the sounds
of New Orleans and wishes to expand their knowledge of how the
city's drummers, their rhythms, and their innovations have
promulgated them, Drumsville is an essential and engrossing
read."--Living Blues
"Drumsville! is a fantastic dive into the joys of New Orleans
drumming and the rhythms that contribute to the music and culture
that keep the city alive. Deeply researched and full of many great
stories by and about the most important drummers of New Orleans,
Drumsville!inspires, educates, and entertains."--tanton Moore,
master drummer, educator, and author of Take It to the Street and
Groove Alchemy
"New Orleans's innovative drummers laid the foundation for much of
American popular music. Finally, Drumsville! is here to tell that
story, one we should all know. It is a remarkably researched and
reverent history of these drummers, both past and present, as well
as a robust document of the rich culture, community, and heartbeat
of the city."--Melissa A. Weber, curator of the Hogan Archive of
New Orleans Music, Tulane University
"Robert H. Cataliotti and the New Orleans Jazz Museum have knocked
it out of the park with Drumsville! If you play the drums, you're
going to love this book."--Ricky Sebastian, master drummer,
educator, and author of Independence on the Drumset: Coordination
Studies for Drummers in All Styles
"The story of New Orleans music has usually been told from afar,
framed as an accident, a magical mistake. This book is a rare
opportunity to hear the voices of those who provided the groove
anchoring American popular music for more than three
centuries."--Connie Zeanah Atkinson, professor emeritus at the
University of New Orleans and editor of Wavelength magazine
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