RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU: "We want to have a place for the community to dress up, have fun. A place to be safe and happy," says Jamie Singh, one of the organizers of the Latin Rhythms & Salsa Saturday ...

The word “clave” refers to the round hardwood stick used as a percussion instrument in tropical latin music (Afro-Cuban, salsa, merengue, cha cha, etc.). It looks a little like a hot dog without the ...

Salsa music is a big mix of sounds and styles — Afro-Caribbean rhythms, configurations that mix blasting brass, flashes of spirited improvisation, and driving percussion — bells, congas, timbales and ...

In the promotional video for the Miami Salsa Congress, a man dips a woman and spins her around while trumpets call out to the dancers. The woman hooks onto her partner and shakes her body ferociously ...

Ulisis Santiago perspires as he bangs on a steel form gripped by a steel jig with a ball-peen hammer in 90-degree heat. The ear-splitting sound rings obtrusively through the intense heat as Santiago ...

Las Guaracheras is coming to Yakima. This all-woman salsa sextet from Cali, Colombia celebrates Afro-Latin rhythms with exhilarating performances. Since its formation in 2017, Las Guaracheras has ...

Led by saxophonist and percussionist Barak Schmool, Rhythms of the City was one of first bands to emerge from London's newly formed F-IRE (Fellowship for Integrated Rhythmic Expression) collective in ...