Rumba Instruments

Cruising Ebay and Craigslist for bargains on instruments as I do, I frequently come across some truly unfortunate versions of these drums. ...

I've been completely in love with Brazilian music for a while now. It started with Bossa Nova and then Samba, Maracatu, Brazilian Jazz ...

Sadly I have heard the news that Francisco Aguabella passed away today, Friday May 7, 2010 Francisco Aguabella was a personal favorite o...

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...