Some may know Joji Hirota as the Japanese percussionist who, with his taiko drummers and a host of other percussionists, opened the Live Earth concert in 2007. He is just one of the international stable of drummers found on ARC's comprehensive 2008 collection. Other highlights include tracks by Egyptian rhythm-master Hossam Ramzy and prolific British world music percussionist Pete Lockett. An informative booklet contains multilingual biographies of the artists.