This week on Alt.Latino we’ve got quite a lot of ground to cover, so pack light. And if you love percussion, this show's for you. We start our musical voyage in Panama, listening to a rocker who keeps ...

Millersville University instructor and internationally accomplished percussionist James Armstrong will perform Caribbean and West African influenced repertoire at the Winter Center on Sunday October ...

METHUEN — What started as an audience listening to the history of African influence on Caribbean percussion ended as a band playing music from all different island nations. Rhythms of the Tropics: ...

.org. Of note: Class focuses on folkloric and band styles from Cuba, cadomble religious drumming from Brazil. Instruments include conga, atabaque, bongo, claves. bells, guiro and shekere. All ...

Trumpeter and keyboardist Nicholas Payton, who headlined the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival on Sunday at the St. Paul Hotel, likes to perform in a variety of contexts. He’s led big bands, recorded ...

Like the rugged (and recently romanticized) favelas that sit on the edges of shiny, fancy gated communities in Brazil, Daniela Mercury’s music is an intense collision of cultural forces: lowbrow, ...