Where in the world is Bony Benavides? The Milwaukee conguera, or conga drummer, is making her mark in the traditionally ...

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 — ...

Even with all the joyful noise that three generations of master conga drummers can make, May 15’s performance by Cándido Camero, Papo Pepín and Giovanni Hidalgo at NYU’s Skirball Center will likely be ...

Here’s the complete Poncho Sánchez Q&A. Catch him and his band live this Saturday at 9:30 at Travis Park, for JazzSAlive. â?¦but you are from Texas! Was it extra hard for you to earn credibility as a ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Many Washingtonians danced to rhythms played on this Haitian conga drum. Hide stretched taut across the drum forms its ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Raul Instrumentos de Percussão was ...

Embroidered dresses twirled and swirled down Mission Street on Sunday yet again, accompanied by relentless conga drummers, tireless salsa dancers and speechless tourists snapping camera shutters. It ...

“JC” Johnny Conga, a Volcano Percussion endorsee, has been performing for 45 years, as a “multi-percussionist-specialist”, in the Art of Afro-Caribbean Drumming, and Latin-Jazz music. Some of the ...

If you want to play congas and earn people’s respect, you better be from Africa, Cuba, or Puerto Rico. Or you can be Poncho Sánchez. “Nobody showed me nothing,” says conga player and bandleader ...

Conga Drum Mania is a fun music rhythm games where you play your conga drum along to the many songs. ♫ Simple Clave - Classic conga beat. ♫ Sierra Samba - Quicker tempo Samba! ♫ Casa de Conga - A fun ...