Drumsville!

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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