Oct 28, 2022

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Drum Channel podcast with Billy Amendola. 

Today’s episode features filmmaker Justin Kreutzmann (the son of The Grateful Dead’s Bill Kreutzmann - who, along with Mickey Hart, is half of the Dead’s driving rhythm section). 

Justin, who grew up on the road, directed the new music...

Oct 21, 2022

Hi everyone! Billy Amendola here on Drum Channel with my guest (from the UK) Cherisse Osei, best known for her work with the band Simple Minds. 

The 80’s band, who had a massive hit with “Don’t You, Forget About Me,” sold over sixty-million records, (long before Cherisse was born-she joined in 2016). 

The...

Oct 14, 2022

Welcome to Drum Channel. I’m Billy Amendola, and my guest today is “The Hermanator” Herman Matthews.  

Moving from Houston, Texas to Los Angeles, CA., has put this “groove master” in the drum seat for Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, Tom Jones, Timothy B. Schmit, Tower of Power, and more.

As a band member for four...

Oct 7, 2022

Hello everyone, Billy A here in the Drum Channel East studio with percussionist Jacquelene Acevedo. If that name sounds familiar and you’re unfamiliar with Jacquelene, her father is famed percussionist/drummer Memo Acevedo.

Jacquelene spent the last year on Broadway playing with Talking Heads founder David Byrne in...