Peru Negro was unknown in the United States until 1995, when David Byrne's Luaka Bop label released the "Soul of Black Peru" compilation. Marked by relentless rhythms, exotic percussion, strong ...

Afro-Peruvian music was born of slavery and, over the centuries, has been on the verge of slipping into obscurity on many occasions — overlooked by record labels, shrugged off as marginal. Yet it has ...

Eva Ayllon is sometimes called Peru's Tina Turner. Her 30-year career has taken her in many musical directions, but she remains best known for her renditions of Afro-Peruvian music. That's a style ...

Peña (CD/DVD)—Out October 12, 2010 (Secret Stash Records) Two Record Diggers Explore Peru's Deep Musical History & Return with Invigorating New Recordings of the Afro-Peruvian Scene Thanks to the fast ...

Carlos Bocanegra is back in Winston-Salem to make some noise. This international recording artist, vocalist and guitarist will be bringing his musical project “Bocanegra” home at a celebration ...

This Sunday, José Luis Carballo will be the central figure of the “Tribute to Peruvian cumbia” segment included in the Peruvian Fest Chim Pum Callao LA 2022, at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown ...

The claim to fame of Novalima, the eight-piece Peruvian band that has just released its fifth album, “Planetario,” is to have brought modern electronica to traditional Afro-Peruvian music, and vice ...

Eva Ayllon, the Afro-Peruvian singer who now lives in Paterson, will team with Albita for a Thursday night show at Town Hall in New York. It's not quite a "Game of Thrones"-like royal intrigue, but ...

Apr. 28—PERU — There's a rich history of arts in Peru. There is, of course, the Peru Amateur Circus and International Circus Hall of Fame. The city is home to multiple art galleries, including the ...

Sometimes reporters reach for that tongue-in-cheek phrase that they think listeners will understand, and it offends instead. On May 8, freelance reporter Banning Eyre reviewed the new album by a ...

One of the best L.A. concerts of 2016 took place in a little space in Boyle Heights that is no longer there — a bar called the Whitt, with strong $3 margaritas and a guitar covered in tiny mirrors ...

After the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet’s first set one recent rainy Saturday, Tutuma Social Club owner Santina Bari plugged the band’s CDs and quipped, “It’s much cheaper than opening up a ...