Rumba Instruments

Contemplating a purchase of an artisan-crafted set of congas can be exciting and fun. It can also be daunting and confusing. The first step...

I've been asked for advice by a local musician who is studying rumba. He is considering what congas he should buy. This is a big decis...

I made a couple of guaguas for a reader and his brother. These two will be going to the wonderful city of Vancouver in Canada. I try to mak...

I get asked frequently why I started to play rumba and Afro-Cuban music and rhythms. I realize everyone has his or her own path. For some p...

I made a couple of shekeres for a friend in Manchester a while back. He just posted an image of them along with a shekere he already had. ...

I came across this very rare image of the great rumbero and composer Chano Pozo, with the famous jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Chano Po...

Today I will be selling the first shekere I ever made. I got lucky with a very wonderful gourd from eBay. This particular instrument used ...

Sadly, the great artist and rumbero, Jesús Alfonso Miró passed away yesterday June 4, 2009. He was 60 years old. Jesús Alfonso Miró was the...

I'm going to go out on a limb and express my opinion that the most important element of rumba is song. I have been in countless of situ...

I just picked up a nice little pair of erikundi, small little shakers a little like maracas. These are also called caxixi in Brasil. I got...