This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS — The sound of the drum in our ...

Mayor Bloomberg stopped by a restaurant in Spanish Harlem yesterday as part of a marketing campaign, Nine in ‘09, aimed toward boosting local tourism to various ethnic neighborhoods around the city.

When Mayra Casales’ older brother George began learning to play the congas, Casales begged him to teach her. He told her, “Girls don’t play these.” “Oh, really?” she replied, surprised that he would ...

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 ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - "King of the Congas" Tata Guines, Cuba's most famous percussionist who shared the stage with Josephine Baker and Frank Sinatra half a century ago, died on Monday in Havana. He was ...

Long before he became a Latin jazz legend, before he toured alongside the great Cal Tjader, Poncho Sanchez was another kid in Griffith Park carrying a conga drum and looking for someplace to play.