James Kippen is a scholar-performer specializing in the music of North India and, in particular, its drumming traditions. He has taught ethnomusicology at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Canada, since 1990.

This updated site presents some of James Kippen's work on the tabla and pakhavaj drums, and it is intended as a resource for those interested in North Indian drumming.

Another of James Kippen's musical interests and activities – Balinese gendèr wayang – can be found at www.sekaratnadi.com