Tapping a drum with your fingers produces a sound different ... It was Ortiz, a Cuban anthropologist and a pioneer in Afro-Cuban studies, who brought the African origins of Cuban music to the ...

For a little more than three decades, Simmons has taught classes in West African and Afro-Cuban music and history at Duke University. Simmons says his djembe classes are typically small. But that does ...

Percussion sounds The Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre at Cal Poly Humboldt will present “Contemporary Music for Percussion” performed by the Cal Poly Humboldt Percussion Ensemble and ...

Composers have been influenced by other world cultures throughout history, but pop fusions like Afro Celt Sound System and Capercaillie have become more common since the 1960s. The following ...

For Black History Month, PEOPLE CHICA interviewed Power actor Matt Cedeño, who's Afro-Cuban on his father's side. Here's what he had to say about Latino culture, the Spanish language and roles ...