6/24/2010

John Santos Lecture - African Spiritual Practices and Retentions in Latin Music

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    Last year I had the opportunity to attend the incredible lecture series by John Santos called La Rumba No Es Como Ayer , a wonderful 7 ...
6/19/2010

6/20/10 Sunday Streets Rumba on Valencia Street in the Mission, San Francisco

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   San Francisco has been starting a tradition of closing different neighborhood streets to automobile traffic on the weekend, called Sunday...
6/16/2010

Conga "Master' Class

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    I recently acquired an account at percussionist Michael Spiro's instructional website "Conga Master Class" . This is a ...
6/12/2010

Now for some "Real" Instruments

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   I recently sold my wonderful set of Isla Percussions bata drums to an acquaintance in England. This rumbero already had an early set of I...
6/06/2010

...and a very strange looking conga!

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Presenting the Octaconga!
5/31/2010

Strangest looking bongo I have ever seen.

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Cruising Ebay and Craigslist for bargains on instruments as I do, I frequently come across some truly unfortunate versions of these drums. ...
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5/28/2010

Mas Que Nada!

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I've been completely in love with Brazilian music for a while now. It started with Bossa Nova and then Samba, Maracatu, Brazilian Jazz ...
5/07/2010

Francisco Aguabella - IBAE

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Sadly I have heard the news that Francisco Aguabella passed away today, Friday May 7, 2010 Francisco Aguabella was a personal favorite o...
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4/23/2010

My shekere.

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I'm keeping this one. It came out really nice.
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4/16/2010

Bembe Agwe

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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...