The conga drum produces one of the most unique percussive sounds found in traditional songs from around the world, to today's most popular music. If you want to experiment with percussive sounds but ...

In Santiago de Cuba, rumors began to swirl about the cancellation of the traditional Los Hoyos Conga, scheduled for December ...

Poncho Sanchez doesn’t think of himself as much of a storyteller. But get him talking and he’ll relive the moments that eventually led to one night in 1974. On that evening, vibraphonist Cal Tjader, a ...

Previously I have written about the differences between Afro-Cuban jazz and American jazz and examined the reasons why the descendants of the same African ancestors, living only 90 miles apart in the ...

Ralph Irizarry, a master of the timbales who played in groups led by conga player Ray Barretto and singer Ruben Blades before forming his own well-regarded bands, died Sept. 5 in a hospital in the New ...