Roberto Roena may be known as a singer and bongosero but it was his ferocious footwork and ingenious choreography on the dance floor that won him moniker, “El Gran Bailarin” (The Great Dancer). And he ...

Spanish-language music is all over the pop charts these days, but back in the 1940s, Latino musicians reached U.S. audiences through what were considered specialty record labels. One of the most ...

He played on "Earth Angel" and with legends including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Jackie Wilson. By Mike Barnes Preston Epps, a percussionist whose 1959 instrumental hit “Bongo Rock” ...

THE picture in the fan-mag showed this gangly kid in jeans and a sweat shirt, his face contorted, mouth wide open, beating with both hands on a bongo set round his shoulder, over it the headline BONGO ...

Nothing gets music-lovers in the mood to dance quite like the masked persona which is Sketchy Bongo. Armed with his turntables, he is headed for Carnival City on June 15. The 27-year-old Yuvir Pillay, ...

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