Don Mak

Remembering Viola Smith, Nov 29 1912 – Oct 21 2020. A trailblazer as one of America’s first professional female drummers and an advocate for female musicians, she recently passed away just shy of her 108th birthday. Here she is playing with Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes in 1939

Happy birthday to Joni Mitchell, born on this day in 1943 in Fort MacLeod, Canada. Here she is performing “The Fiddle and the Drum” in 1969.

Six-year-old guitarist Miumiu performing “I Wish You Love" at her home in Nanjing, China earlier this year.

A trio of sisters, Nastya Melʹnychuk, Anya Melʹnychuk, and Natalyya Melʹnychuk, performing in Ukraine last month.

Oliver Mobeli is a musician and puppeteer from Lobaye, Central African Republic. Here he is performing in 2017 in footage filmed by Orphé Zaza Bamoy.

Remembering Bill Withers, born on this day in 1938 in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Here he is performing “Grandma’s Hands” in 1973.