Rumba Instruments

      This little shekere is turning out very well and progressing quickly. It is going to be the cachimbo, or okonkolo to an 3 shekere agbe...

   The little drum in rumba is the quinto. It is the highest pitched drum for rhythms like Guaguanco , Rumba Columbia, Guarapachangeo and Ya...

    This is the rumba I go to regularly. If you happen to be in town come check it out.  Yesterday I provided the drums for the first time....

Okay, I know it's not rumba instruments, or even rumba, it's jazz and piano. However I did attend a similar lecture series by SF Ja...

Hello blogosphere. I have very generously been offered a discount to present to all my readers from a local internet percussion store; Cali...

Well the mystery has been solved by Brother Mike from the Funksploitation blog. It is an LP product. The mystery instrument is the LP320 ...

Hello readers in the blogosphere. Today I am posting a request for a little assistance in identifying this instrument that I recently inheri...

I've gotten a lot of music over the years from various blogs that post out of print and rare albums and tracks. Two of my favorite are o...

The terms rumba and folklore are used almost interchangeably when speaking of Afro-Cuban conga rhythms. However there is a distinction b...