"Percussion is one aspect of musical culture that needs to be highlighted," insists Marin-based Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain. He's speaking on the phone from his Peoria, Ill., hotel room, only minutes after arriving from a sold-out stop on his current Masters of Percussion tour, an electrifying company of Indian percussionists. Though it's late and Hussain is weary from the evening's three-hour-plus show, he still has more than enough energy to expound on what he sees as the world's necessary awakening to the wonders of percussion and his role in... More >>>