Latin music superstar Shakira will perform June 27 at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium and Aug. 11 at Tijuana’s Estadio ...

In honor of its 25-year trajectory, Gente de Zona also released its tenth studio album called Reparto, with the hopes of ...

For preview coverage of the 49th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 19-22, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group ...

From cumbia to salsa and Chicano rap, Latin music has a home among audiences in Tokyo, Japan. Rodrigo Cervantes has this ...

Cartagena — a lively city on Colombia’s northern Caribbean coast — has always moved to the rhythm of its own drum. It’s where ...

Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

Billboard's New Music Latin roundup and playlist - curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors - features fresh new music, including Grupo Frontera's surprise EP Y Lo Que Viene and ...

Following Mala Mía, the joint EP with Fuerza Regida that dropped last December, Grupo Frontera surprises fans with a new five ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Multicultural Festival will be held June 20-22 in a new location for this year. Due to construction at City ...

You can trace the history of Latin America and the Caribbean by listening to the music. There are a variety of drums and percussion instruments from the well-documented influence of Africa by way of ...

By Carina del Valle Schorske Ran-kan-kan: Long before I could name the source of my excitement, my body responded to the strident signature of Latin dance music. The cowbell strikes like a drum ...

The traditional drums "have been reproduced and are played in many different kinds of music — Latin, rock and roll, even jazz. It's part of the transculturation." Bretos pointed to a set of ...