This bongo drum belonged to Roland Kavé (1931-2017), who first brought mambo from New York to Washington, DC in the 1950s. The lifelong Washingtonian led several Latin jazz bands, most notably Los ...

It is easy to understand why drums emerged as a prominent instrument. The rhythmic beating of a drum mimics the innate biological patterns of life itself —the human heartbeat, the steady patter ...

Playford Alive Town Park in Munno Para is now open following an extensive makeover, bringing new musical play to locals.

On paper, Cape Town's Gold Restaurant may read like a cliched tourist trap, a one-stop-shop fusing African cultures, cuisines ...

Celebrate the final weekend of Pride Month, enjoy music and activities on Capitol Hill’s pedestrianized streets, and tour ...

Adrian Quesada’s new album, “Boleros Psicodelicos 2,” is a love letter to the Latin ballads of the 1960s and 70s, featuring ...

The 2025 Syracuse International Jazz Festival runs from June 25-29 with a lineup that includes New Orleans great Trombone ...

Listen to your friend Billy Zane. He’s a cool dude.” Billy Zane, 59, is a cool dude. I know this firsthand now. There he is on my laptop screen, sitting in his lounge room in Los Angeles, a guitar and ...

This trio fuse the rhythms of Havana, Medellín and Lima with ’60s surf rock (even if that isn’t their intention). Guitarist ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime ...

SOMEWHERE on the eastern edge of Africa, nestled between the Indian Ocean, Mount Kilimanjaro, and a thousand WhatsApp groups, lies a country bursting with music, wildlife, and opinions that expire ...