PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a traditional Japanese art form rarely seen in the U.S. Christie Ileto has more on Tsuzumi performance in this week's 6abc Loves the Arts. The KODO drummers are putting on ...

In the Japanese language, the word " Kodo" has two meanings. It can mean "heartbeat" — the fundamental source of all rhythm. However, the characters used for the group's name have a different meaning, ...

Yosuke Kusa and Leo Ikenaga are not typical musicians. Kusa and Ikenaga are part of Kodo, a Japanese drumming troupe performing at Symphony Hall this weekend. But in Kodo’s hybrid audio-visual shows, ...

Prepare to resonate. When the 14 sinewy men and women of Kodo, the renowned Japanese drumming troupe, appear at Hill Auditorium on Friday, pounding away on drums as large as the 800-pound o-daiko, ...

Kodo drumming is traditional and it's changing. The two go hand in hand, says company manager Jun Akimoto. "Tradition cannot stop," he said. "Tradition is passed on. Tradition must evolve." This ...

The spectacle of a muscular Japanese man clad only in a loincloth and beating a 900-pound drum is hard to forget. However, that is not the chief memory you will carry from your evening with the Kodo ...

Members of the Japanese drumming group Kodo had a rough start to their 30th anniversary One Earth Tour through North America. The ensemble made it to the States safely, but its drums weren't so lucky.

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The taiko drummers of KODO provide ...

Unlike Butoh companies, such as Sankai Juku, which stayed in urban areas to spawn their aesthetic, the founding members of Kodo, a group of disillusioned youths, fled cities for the country -- the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For nearly a quarter century, the Kodo Drummers from Japan's Sado Island have brought the ancient art of taiko drumming to worldwide audiences through their One Earth Tour. Known ...

The Japanese drumming ensemble Kodo will be performing at Music Hall in Fair Park Sunday Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Kodo returns to Dallas as part of the One Earth 2015 Tour: Mystery. This is the second ...