In arena rock, the drum solo is usually your cue to go line up for a beer—or to head for the restrooms and get rid of the one you just finished. But in other traditions a drum’s message, not the motor ...

Branson Summers now lives in Nashville, but he’ll return to Memphis at the drop of a yoga mat to demonstrate the soothing tones of his crystal bowls and steel drums. “I’m calling it ‘Zen drumming,’” ...