Rumba Instruments

(photo Thomas Altmann)     The other day  I was practicing Yambu in the park on a beautiful fall day and I was reflecting on the style of...

Rumba is an improvisational music, much like Jazz and Blues. Just like Jazz and Blues, Rumba has it’s own structure regarding how the i...

   Don't worry bloggers I'm not trading in the tumbadoras for the drum kit!  Mainly this is just practice to sharpen my counting an...

   Well I tried to work quickly and get the Valje conga fixed and repaired for the rumba today, but it turns out today's rumba is cance...

       No sooner than a reader emails me about advice fixing his Gon Bops that I notice my 40 year old Valje has gotten two new cracks. Wel...

    This is a little piece of artwork I made up a few years back. It was inspired by an anti-war drumming demonstration here in San Franc...

     3,000 visits already!!!          A big thank you to all my visitors. I am very grateful for all the visits. Rumba is truly an inter...

    Well not really, I'm just making a little joke about my current rumba quinto practice material. When I first started learning to pl...

    A little graphic I came up with to illustrate some points about timing. I thought my readers might enjoy it, and I wanted to get a post...

     Just finished this shekere. I like how the gourds color matches the wood beads. Very natural looking. This gourd ended up having a nic...