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The marching band and drill team’s founder, Willie Arthur Smith, is retiring after more than 50 years of entertaining crowds in Kansas City and beyond.

The classically-trained percussionist has evolved from a punk-funk wild man into an improvisational innovator. This year, Mike Dillon released what may be the best album of his career.

Brandon Draper will not be getting a summer vacation this year.Draper is a percussion and music business instructor at the University of Kansas, and this…

An heir to the legacy of Frank Zappa, Mike Dillon is a musical satirist and acerbic provocateur.Dillon's work has been documented in an extensive…

Bagpipers and drummers from across North America and the U.K. hope to stay on the beat and in tune this week in Kansas City while competing in the annual…