The most adventurous production out of Cuba of late is a revisionist take on the venerable rumba. At the MIDEM conference in Cannes last month, producer Cary Diez of the Havana label BIS Music ...

Famed for his exhilarating performances and a style of music that weaves an intoxicating blend of the soukous beat, Afro-Cuban rumba and pulsating percussions, Koffi’s voice and grandiose style ...

Using concert footage, interviews, and archival images, Brain's film depicts how the development of Congolese rumba—basically a mixture of Cuban son and traditional Congolese music, with a big ...

Congolese rumba is largely considered one of the most influential genres of African music and dance. It is deep-rooted in Congo's anti-colonial fight of the 20th century, when the country was ...

Three is a magic number for rumba singer-percussionist Pedrito Martinez. Saturday night at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club, he played an electrifying solo on a trio of bata drums, the goblet-shaped ...

Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his body was taken. Known in ...

Anuel Releases Quarantine-Style Music Video for New Song with Enrique Iglesias: Watch Here Anuel released the music video for "Futbol y Rumba," a track off of his sophomore album Emmanuel, on Friday ...

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 ...

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was ...

Rumba in Cuba, with its chants, movements, gestures and music acts as an expression of resistance and self-esteem while evoking grace, sensuality and joy to connect people.