Rumba Instruments

I'm keeping this one. It came out really nice.

This rhyhtm is an adaptation of Bembe Agwe played on three drums by myself. Bembe Agwe is a bembe played when singing songs for females. Zoo...

Another recordingI made playing three drum adaptations. This one is bakoso, even though a lot of players around here refer to it as bembe, I...

    A short recording I made using my Zoom H2, what a convenient device. Anyways I'm playing an adaption of Abakua on 3 drums with my Al...

   I've just nearly finished up a couple more shekeres. The one on the left with the wood beads is a birthday present for my father. He...

  I recently made another trip to the library and came across this excellent book "Rites of Rhythm The Music of Cuba" by Jory Far...

A slow day like today is perfect for tinkering on drums. Today's project was putting a handle on my DW Gon Bops .  The maker of Gon B...

     Well no sooner was I lamenting the fact that I missed the ebay auction of the Fernando Ortiz book in my earlier post , when I decided...

    A couple of pictures of books about various rumba and folkloric instruments by the great Fernando Ortiz. I got these from the Yoruba Ja...

    I have several drums by Isla Percussions, run by Mario Punchard, and I love playing them. They have a unique feel and wonderful sound. ...