Rhythm and Reading?

From digital storytelling, it was time for me to research on Web 2.0 technology. In my search I came upon this article which made me pause and reflect. The article written by Adi Bloom in 2007 was entitled, Sense of rhythm helps reading. Bloom's opening statements suggested that adults should purchase books for children when they ask for a drum kit. He came to this conclusion based on the findings of 'academics' who discovered that children 'with a strong sense of rhythm learn to read easily' while those without rhythm find great difficulty with the printed word. (According to Anil Roberts, WHATTTT!!!!)
If this research were true then every 'Trini' should be a good reader but as SEA results demonstrate year after year we either need to change our definition of rhythm or we just have to wake up to the fact that our children are unable to hear our rhythm. Moreover, In the United States where certain research has shown that the same African Americans and the Latinos, those whom we consider to be extremely rhythmic, are performing below the level of other races like the Chinese and the White population. Do they also have some other 'rhythm' that is yet to be defined?
In musing, I thought about the IBG Phonics programme. Perhaps it is this sense of rhythm that is used to foster the reading progress that the programme claims. Mmmm, this rhythm and reading may be a good research topic...


Although I found this article in the TES newspaper I searched for it on their website so that I could share it with you. Let me know what your thoughts are on the article's content - http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2424502