The Oyu Oro Experimental Dance Ensemble returns to New Orleans courtesy of the Ashe Cultural Center, presenting two nights of Afro-Cuban dancing with conga drums and other percussion. Oyu Oro, loosely ...
Cuban percussionist Miguel “Anga” Diaz, an acclaimed conga master who perfected a dazzling five-drum technique with a versatility that allowed him to span genres from progressive jazz to traditional ...
Don’t tell anybody, but many practitioners of Santeria, the West African religion, purchase their batas (Nigerian two-headed drums) from a Jewish artisan in Crown Heights. “It’s almost sacrilegious to ...
Every now and again, a label pulls a previously unissued session out of the vaults and it proves to be a down-by-law number one with a mango. Candid did it earlier in 2006 with Jamaican tenor ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Percussionist Paul Hawkins played this conga drum for Melvin Deal’s African Dance and Drumming classes at The New ...
John Griggs, who performed with James Brown, plays his drums during a music circle at the Newark Extended Care Facility. (John Munson/The Star-Ledger) NEWARK — John Griggs slid his hands onto the ...
Eminent Nigerians including the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and traditional rulers have hailed the on – going ...
South Africa's Sheer Sound label launched its Sheer Africa series a few years ago in order to highlight specific instruments and styles from the continent. Each edition has benefited from attractive ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Many Washingtonians danced to rhythms played on this Haitian conga drum. Hide stretched taut across the drum forms its ...
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