The most adventurous production out of Cuba of late is a revisionist take on the venerable rumba. At the MIDEM conference in Cannes last month, producer Cary Diez of the Havana label BIS Music ...

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was ...

Famed for his exhilarating performances and a style of music that weaves an intoxicating blend of the soukous beat, Afro-Cuban rumba and pulsating percussions, Koffi’s voice and grandiose style ...

Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted ...

Congolese rumba is largely considered one of the most influential genres of African music and dance. It is deep-rooted in Congo's anti-colonial fight of the 20th century, when the country was ...

A Peruvian-born musician introduces Rumba Flamenca to Brevard audiences.

Some of Barcelona’s Most Acclaimed Musicians Will Rock and Rumba Washington D.C. Six acclaimed Catalan musical acts introduce Folklife Festival-goers to Mediterranean rock, habanera, rumbero and ...

Having formed in the 1960s, L’Orchestre Afrisa have built a big following in Africa, and their Congolese rumba music will come with the added appeal of their Democratic Republic of Congo ...