Friday night, there was a near revolt at the HotHouse. By 10 p.m., the aptly named club was jammed with sweating music lovers. (The air conditioner remained mysteriously off until well after midnight.

The death of Cuban conga master Carlos "Patato" Valdes this past December provides a sad opportunity to dig out one of his best-known recordings — which also happens to be a groundbreaking piece of ...

UNESCO has added Congolese rumba to its intangible heritage list, sparking enthusiasm among music and dance fans in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of the Congo. The ...

Photo by: Photo taken on location in Santiago de Cuba, home of last month's inaugural Manana Festival. The event combined Cuban music makers with international electronic artists. All photos shot in ...

Started less than two years ago, TimbaSon has Latin horns, percussion and strings that Lorenzo is convinced can make anyone want to grab a pina colada and move. As the city’s Latino population ...

Congo's most famous musician Papa Wemba, gives his first concert in Kinshasa June 26, 2004 in this file photo. REUTERS/ David Lewis ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died ...

GASPING, a beautiful girl is propelled towards the pit, a heaving mass of 30,000 men. She recoils in panic, arms flailing, arching herself backwards almost to the boards. But, as the beat throbs, ...

You won’t need a passport for a trip around the world this weekend — at least a musical trip. The annual globalFEST touches down at Webster Hall on Sunday with a dozen acts on the bill, nine of them ...

First new artist release through Chrysalis Global, an imprint of Chrysalis Records Produced by an A-list team: Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán + Pape Armand Boye “Three outstanding Malian and Guinean griots….