Name: When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm
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Author: Layne Redmond
ISBN: 9781635617887

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When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm

Type

Physical Book

Author

Layne Redmond

Publisher

Echo Point Books & Media

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

242

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781635617887

Synopsis "When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm "

For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history. Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. During those ancient times, the drummer-priestesses held the keys to experience of the divine through rhythm. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matriarchal societies until the ascendance of patriarchal cultures and the loss of drumming as a spiritual technology. With wisdom and passion, Redmond chronicles our species’ deep connection to the drum, our rich heritage of inseparable spirituality and music, and the modern-day women reclaiming it. This book encourages readers—both women and men—to reestablish rhythmic links with themselves, nature, and other people through the power of drumming. Redmond illustrates her message with an extensive collection of images gathered during ten years of research and travel. Woven throughout the book are strands of ancient ritual and mythology, personal stories, and scientific evidence of the benefits of drumming. It is at once a history, a memoir, and a resounding call for spiritual and social renewal.

Layne Redmond

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Layne Redmond (1952–2013) was an American percussionist, writer, and researcher, known for rescuing the spiritual history of the frame drum and the central role of women in ancient musical traditions. Her most influential work is When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm (1997), where she documents how women were the main percussionists in sacred rituals of ancient civilizations in the Mediterranean and Western Asia. This book, the result of more than a decade of research and travel, has become a reference in studies on music, spirituality, and gender

In addition to her work as an author, Redmond was a virtuoso of the frame drum and founder of the female group The Mob of Angels. She produced albums such as Since the Beginning and Invoking the Muse, as well as meditation recordings and instructional videos. Her approach integrated music, mythology, and healing, influencing generations of female percussionists. In 2000, she was included by Drum! magazine among the 53 most influential drummers of the 1990s, being the only woman on the list.

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