Every Monday night in Montevideo, hundreds of people gather around a table in a public square, drawn by the pulse of drums, ...

The Afro-Uruguayan rhythms, born among enslaved Africans and once banned, now draws thousands to public squares and carnival parades Like the blues in the US, samba in Brazil, rumba in Cuba and plena ...

Every Sunday and on many holidays, the llamadas de tambores de candombe or candombe drum calls enliven the Sur, Palermo and Cordón districts in southern Montevideo, Uruguay, home to a population of ...

The three different drums are chico, repique and piano. Each plays a unique role during the performance. Liu Xuan / China Daily First brought by slaves to Uruguay, Candombe is now a World Cultural ...

Music that crossed the Atlantic from Africa to South America with enslaved people more than two centuries ago arrived last week in Riley Frank's music classroom in the His middle school students ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Every Monday night in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, hundreds gather around a table in a public square, drawn by the pulse of drums, guitars and voices carrying aloft ...

Every Monday night in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, hundreds gather around a table in a public square, drawn by the pulse of drums, guitars and voices carrying aloft a centuries-old rhythm. La ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote that "human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but rather, life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves ...

CLEARLY, Hugo Medrano has a thing for authenticity. When the GALA Hispanic Theatre's artistic director set out to build a show around Uruguay's candombe music, he didn't stop at poring over academic ...

Santana revolutionized the scope of Chicano rock forever, incorporating blues, latin, jazz and psychedelic elements into soulful masterpieces of art for nearly four decades. Now, the Latin rock band ...

Latin Grammy-nominated artist Julieta Rada continues to remind listeners everywhere why she is one of the most unique and innovative artists in Latin music. Today, she released her highly anticipated ...