About the book

✦ When the Drummers Were Women ✦

Circle. Rhythm. Memory. Power.

For thousands of years, frame drums were instruments of feminine power, healing, and connection with the divine. Across the ancient world, women drummed in temples, sacred groves, and rites of birth, death, and rebirth. They played for the Great Mother, for themselves, and for their communities. Then, their voices fell silent.

Today, the women's drumming is returning. It returns as rhythm in the body, as memory in the bones. As a call.

When the Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond uncovers the forgotten history of female drumming and reveals that the frame drum was not just a musical instrument — it was a sacred ally, a tool for transformation and unity.

This website is a place of gathering. For women who hear the rhythm calling. For those ready to walk back into their legacy — and beyond.