In 1917, Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez was born into poverty in Havana, Cuba. Nicknamed “Mongo” (a tribal chief in Senegal), he began playing the conga drum at an early age and as a teen, Mongo ...

This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

In his column this week, Jeff Weiss talks with renowned conga player Poncho Sanchez about the unlikely gringo who put him on. Today we've got another Sanchez story about an even stranger encounter — ...

With the choice of ethnic percussion increasing, it is impressive just how much choice is available in nearly all the different price ranges that Tycoon offer. These prices are keen and the quality is ...

The Signature Grand Conga Series has been praised for its combination of wide-body designs and advanced handcraftsmanship. The series feature an 11" Quinto, 11 3/4" Conga and 12 1/2" Tumba with ...

It was 1967 and, according to Raul Rekow, "everyone in the Bay area of San Francisco was buying a conga and in any park you had 20 or 30 conga players, nobody really knowing how to play. We all would ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Raul Instrumentos de Percussão was ...

The bone bruises, the callouses, the cuts, even job-related kidney stones will never send Raul Rekow into early retirement. Are you kidding? While pounding on the conga drums night-after-night may ...