AN ERITH musician is launching a new club where aspiring drummers can attend to try out new styles and instruments. Chris Leeds is starting up Erith Drum Club this month, after winning a Scarman Trust Community Champion Award.

Between January and March, Chris will hold eight workshops covering four drumming traditions: Peruvian, Balkan, Indonesian and Japanese. Experts from each style will visit the club.

Chris said: "I want these sessions to be the springboard to forming a regular drum club in Erith where participants can explore many different ways of playing drums and percussion, different sounds and rhythms, and different ways of putting music together."

Visit drumclub.org.uk or call 07866 139692.