Click to open image viewer. Percussionist Paul Hawkins played this conga drum for Melvin Deal’s African Dance and Drumming classes at The New Thing Art and Architecture Center. The community-based ...

In a city where every corner pulses with sound, Jensen Meeker is carving a singular path, one that bridges the kinetic ...

Born in Havana in 1921, Cándido Camero, the renovator of the conga, learned to play the drum at age four by hitting condensed milk cans. His father worked in a bottling factory and his uncle, who ...

For the first time since the Cuban conga (1938), it looks as though the U.S. is taking up a new ballroom dance. The new dance is the Brazilian samba* notable alike for its breezy tempo and its lilting ...

“JC” Johnny Conga, a Volcano Percussion endorsee, has been performing for 45 years, as a “multi-percussionist-specialist”, in the Art of Afro-Caribbean Drumming, and Latin-Jazz music. Some of the ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

A 10" and 11" set is the best starting point for beginners and intermediate players. You get a nice contrast between high and low voices without overspending on your first setup. LP’s Siam oak shells ...

Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi aka Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born and bred in Lagos, but hails from Ikogosi Ekiti State, he has spent over a decade ...

Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi, widely known as Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born in Ikogosi, Ekiti State, he has spent over a decade championing ...

African rhythms have long been the heartbeat of the continent’s rich cultural heritage. From the djembe drums of West Africa to the mbira of Zimbabwe, music has played a vital role in storytelling, ...

Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi, widely known as Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born and bred in Lagos but hails from Ikogosi, Ekiti State, Nigeria, he has ...

A historical marker at the site of the nightclub where Desi Arnaz launched his career and popularized the conga, in Miami Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. A new historical marker in Miami Beach ...