Sadly, the good people at TRAPS Magazine have decided to cease production of the magazine. The parent publication, DRUM!, will continue, but it looks like the TRAPS experiment can't weather a tough economy. This is a shame. TRAPS was a fine publication that really set the bar for in-depth drumming/music journalism. We've given TRAPS the love on the show before and we will miss them. Source: Drummercafe.com TRAPS Magazine Suspends Publication And Will Merge Subscribers With DRUM! Enter Music ...

Drum! Digital has posted the free, digital version of its May 2008 issue.  This issue features R.E.M. drummer, Bill Rieflin, as well as a drum teachers roundtable.  Good stuff .. and it's FREE!

Man, Drum! just loves giving it away!  They've just offered a free PDF download of the excellent Lenny White article from the Summer 08 issue of Traps. For fusion fans, the prospect of Return To Forever getting back together again after all these years (the group dis-banded in 1976) is akin to a Beatles reunion, and for the past few decades seemed about as unlikely. Corea was the lone holdout in recent years. While Clarke, Di ...

The folks over at Drum! Magazine have just updated their site with loads of interviews and videos from the recent Vans Warped Tour. Check it out!

If you're not a subscriber of Traps Magazine, you may have missed the excellent, 25-page article on John Bonham in their Autumn 2007 issue. The article features lots of photos, history, transcriptions, and is ad free! The swell guys over at Drum! Magazine are now offering the full article as a PDF download. No login or user account required. Thanks Drum!, and please keep this kind of thing coming. It adds a lot ...