A new historical marker in Miami Beach pays tribute to his younger years, before Hollywood, when as a Cuban émigré he ...

Casteñeda, 68, is Madison’s godfather of Latin jazz. He came to the city in 1974 to study at the University of ...

Desi Arnaz was a teenage Cuban immigrant who struggled to learn English in Florida. He attended a Catholic school in Miami Beach, picking up the guitar and the conga drum. And he was eventually ...

Bands such as Los Irakeres and Los Ban Ban, which played in Cuba after the 1959 revolution, were some of the first bands to add the American trap-drum set to traditional congas, bongos and timbals.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15) we’ve created a playlist featuring artists of ...

Sheila E. is a portrait of motion. Not just the movement of her body as one of the world’s most recognized drummers, but also ...

It would be hard to imagine a better group of artists to bring to life the golden age of Cuban music that the one Ry Cooder ...

From the first notes of “Rumba Percussion Jam,” Sheila E.’s bona-fides performing true rumbera (traditional Afro-Cuban drumming and singing) are on full display with her conga chops.

The Cuban ensemble, an offshoot of the popular Buena Vista Social Club, delighted the audience with instrumentals and ...