WHO: Billy Gibbons and Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown. WHAT: Afro-Cuban rock and blues. WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday. WHERE: Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St., Manhattan. ticketmaster.com or 212-614-6932. HOW ...

La biblioteca recibió apoyo federal del Fondo de Iniciativas Latinas, administrado por el Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense. Library purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, ...

Aguanko's composer, conguero and bandleader Dr. Alberto Nacif first stepped into the worlds of Latin and Afro-Cuban percussion alongside Cuban conga/bongo master Armando Peraza, the pillar of ...

He’s played Cuban percussion alongside legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins. On Friday night he will be accompanied by a few other world-class musicians including revered Cuban pianist ...

Today's episode of Latin Roots features Felix Contreras, co-host of Alt.Latino, NPR's online music program about Latin Alternative music. Also a reporter and producer for NPR's Arts Desk, Contreras ...

MIAMI — Who would have thought the fusion of musical elements from Africa, Europe and the U.S. in the early 20th century would eventually produce the intricate sounds of what is known as Latin Jazz ...

This catá or guagua was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, 1980s. It is a percussion instrument, traditionally made from a hollowed tree trunk. The percussionist hits the catá with wooden ...

Like music in New Orleans and Louisiana, Cuban music runs generation to generation. Traditional music groups in the Caribbean island nation can consist solely of family members. Also like New Orleans ...

Cándido Camero, the legendary Cuban conguero who pioneered the three-conga style and helped usher in a generation of Latin jazz, died peacefully at home in New York Saturday morning (November 7), NPR ...