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 ...

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 ...

Drexler explains that his new LP is presented as a work of generational and geographical, stylistic, and temporal bridges. An example of this is the track “¿Qué Será Que Es?,” a Spanish adaptation of ...

The show "Tango & Candombe" is already playing at the Thalia Spanish Theatre every Friday (8 pm), Saturday (3 pm & 8 pm), and Sunday (4 pm) and will keep doing it throughout the entire month of June.

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 ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Carlos Paez Vilaro, a self-trained painter, sculptor, screenwriter, musician and architect who championed Afro-Uruguayan Candombe music and dance, created colorful murals in ...

Altesor describes the project “As a historical review of the key moments that led to the birth of Candombe, a musical rhythm born in Uruguay with strong African roots. On a journey from Africa to “Las ...

Eva Blair Smith from Ola Uruguay blogs about candombe music in a post titled “The Heartbreat of Uruguay: A History of Candombe Drumming.” Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest ...

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 ...