Join the trickster, the warrior, the mother and a host of talented local performers this Sunday for a free concert featuring traditional Afro-Cuban music. Most of the talent comes from the Bakersfield ...

It's hard to imagine a musical career that included musicians as varied as Charlie Parker and Carlos Santana. But such was the resumé of Armando... Remembering Armando Peraza, An Afro-Cuban Percussion ...

HAVANA (AP) — It wasn’t that long ago that Cuba’s rich percussion scene was essentially a boys’ club, dominated by men due to macho attitudes and religious tradition. Perceived as too weak for the ...

Pianist David Virelles has one of the busiest performance schedules of this year’s Spoleto festival, and that offers jazz fans a rare opportunity. Jazz is a musical genre that thrives on ...

For the Aguas Trio, water is the air they breathe. On Friday, the group will be playing selections from its album, “Aguas,” in a performance presented by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance at ...

Gary Lang loved the concept, so when he was tapped to be a part of the project, he jumped at the chance. The premise? To put on a storytelling, musical, and dance performance as part of a two-year ...

Move to the beat of a different drum with a free concert at Bakersfield College on Sunday. Instructor Robert Woods-Ladue and students from his Afro-Cuban folkloric percussion class will carry on an ...

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