My history with dance is chequered. As a child, when I watched someone in my building do Bharatanatyam, I told my mother I wanted to learn it and did so for a few years. Later in life, I came across ...

Mr Afro-Rumba (as he’s called) with the stage name EGHE NIMOSE, has an unprecendented style of music which he coined “Afro-Rumba”. A fusion of Afro-beat from Nigeria and Rumba music from Congo. No one ...

When Daymé Arocena took the stage on Monday night for her Los Angeles debut, the 22-year-old looked resplendent in a white dress and matching headwrap. The backing band for the Havana singer and ...

La rumba, the quintessential Cuban party, is back in New York as if it never stopped. Lovers of Afro-Cuban rumba are sure to turn out to see one of the genre’s consummate practitioners, Los Muñequitos ...

The death of Cuban conga master Carlos "Patato" Valdes this past December provides a sad opportunity to dig out one of his best-known recordings — which also happens to be a groundbreaking piece of ...

Earlier this year, I sang the praises of the debut full-length album by the group ÌFÉ, a dramatic meditation on traditional Afro-Cuban rumba and santeria music. After seeing the band live in ...

“Ivy League Rumba,” a documentary covering the Latin Jazz and Pop Festival held at Brown last fall, premiered Thursday at the Watson Institute for International Studies. The film explores contemporary ...

On a typical Saturday afternoon in the Havana courtyard of El Palenque, drummers coax conga rumba rhythms into the air above the crowd. A thousand miles away, Sundays in Central Park also mean rumba.

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Liquid Heat | La Rumba Llama by artist Jessica Angel is a photography installation celebrating the rhythms of Cuba and will be a part ...