That’s right, this show ends with a conga – and everyone was up. A shimmy through the exit later, I spotted more than one audience member salsa-ing on the tube platform as they made their way home.

In Colombia, salsa music plays everywhere ... slow – synchronised with the conga drums, cun-cun-pa! As I turned the corner into the club room, I was greeted by couples standing in a circle ...

Toby Shippey talks about his love of Latin American music and introduces his band Salsa Celtica ... piano, vocals, conga drums, maracas and the cajón. Features the following concepts - question ...

Salsa was created when The Fania All Stars band added a dynamic New York flavour to the rhythms of Cuba and Puerto Rico. "It offered a music we could live by, breathe and make love to: it was the ...