In 1917, Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez was born into poverty in Havana, Cuba. Nicknamed “Mongo” (a tribal chief in Senegal), he began playing the conga drum at an early age and as a teen, Mongo ...

In his column this week, Jeff Weiss talks with renowned conga player Poncho Sanchez about the unlikely gringo who put him on. Today we've got another Sanchez story about an even stranger encounter — ...

With the choice of ethnic percussion increasing, it is impressive just how much choice is available in nearly all the different price ranges that Tycoon offer. These prices are keen and the quality is ...

Click to open image viewer. Many Washingtonians danced to rhythms played on this Haitian conga drum. Hide stretched taut across the drum forms its head, held by ropes wound around pegs that pierce the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This drum was made by Latin ...

Exotic looks and superb tones, along with a comfortable playability and reassuring durability, should keep the owner of these babies more than happy for many years to come. The conga/quinto set isn't ...

Carlos Valds, conga drummer: born Havana 4 November 1926; married (two daughters); died Cleveland, Ohio 4 December 2007. The Cuban-American Carlos Valds, better known in the music world as "Patato", ...

Tata Güines was one of the finest, most original and best-loved percussionists in the history of Cuban music, whose rousing playing made him a celebrity for followers of both jazz and then world music ...

Candido Camero, a Cuban musician who helped find new expressive directions for conga drumming, providing dynamic rhythmic accents to jazz and other forms of music, died Nov. 7 at his home in New York ...

Perhaps it was a sneak peek into what the future holds for the leader of what was once known as one of the most prosperous nations in all of Latin America. Facing mounting pressure from the ...