Recording session: Acoustic percussion for a contemporary Ghanaian artist.

Throwback to my first gig ever. Played to 12 people. Now look where we are.

The spiritual role of drumming in Akan culture. These rhythms carry messages.

Festival of drums in Accra. Hundreds of players from across West Africa.

Djembe workshop: Building a drum from a single piece of lenke wood.

Collaborative session with a kora player from Gambia. String meets skin.

Teaching a rhythm workshop in Kumasi. Twenty students, twenty drums, one heartbeat.

Cross-cultural percussion: West African rhythms in Brazilian and Cuban music.

Studio session gone wrong turned into my best creative accident yet.

The call-and-response pattern that forms the backbone of West African music.