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 ...

I didn't know how much I didn't know about drums. There are drums that talk, that can imitate speech. There are drums grouped in families for the purpose of talking to each other. Tapping a drum with ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

The name Timbata pays homage to the musical roots of the band by combining the name of the contemporary Afro-Cuban music genre known as Timba and merging it with the name of the drums widely used in ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. While studying the syncretic nature of Cuban culture, anthropologist Fernando Ortiz helped bring together two music greats from very separate ...

Bradley Simmons, instructor of music and director of the Duke Djembe and Afro-Cuban Ensembles, is remembered for his deep knowledge of African drumming traditions, exceptional musicianship and ...