The rapper and singer celebrates his homeland on a new album, offering an adventurous survey of the island’s musical styles.
Bad Bunny is going back to his Boricua roots. Here's a few Puerto Rican artists to check out if you liked his new album.
The infectious merengue beat, driven home in pulsating, upbeat fashion with congas and syncopated percussion instruments, moves swiftly into disco-era keyboards and orchestration. You know ...
De Los reporters Cerys Davies and Andrea Flores, along with contributing writer Ernesto Lechner, put together this list of 30 Latin songs from 2024 that showcase the enviable state of grace that this ...
Don't look now, but Whistler's The Hairfarmers are commemorating their 25th anniversary this winter.
Last year the percussionist established the Evelyn Glennie Foundation, an organisation whose aim, as its website states so simply, is to “Teach the World to Listen”.
Musician Keisel Jiménez Levya was a particularly vibrant performer, singing and playing the congas and other percussion instruments. Constellations and the silhouettes of moving bodies were ...
Big Black first heard drum and percussion rhythms while listening to a radio broadcast from Cuba and was mesmerized by the sounds of congas and bongos. He started playing percussion in Miami in the 50 ...
In Prince’s case, he was undoubtedly one of the most talented musicians to have ever lived, and the emphasis there should be on musician. Prince wasn’t just an exceptional vocalist nor just a great ...
Billy Gruber moved back home from Dayton after studying world music and percussion at Bowling Green ... called for those worldly sounds produced by congas or djembes. In Gruber’s words: If ...