AS YOU CLIMB the dimly lit staircase at La Crèche nightclub in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, you may hear a man’s high, lilting voice drifting from the rooftop. There, ...

The way bartenders shake their cocktails has practically evolved into their signature beats. Some shake hard, some shake over the shoulder, some... When you walk into a crowded bar, the sound may not ...

2021 was the year when Congolese rumba music was officially added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Riding the pulsing rumba beat, Carlos M. Gutierrez Jr. and Roberta Thall glide in synchronized grace across the polished floor of the Dance Dream studio on the second floor of the Natick Collection.

iHeartMedia Boston has announced the appointment of Eliseo “Short-E” Cierra as the new Program Director for Rumba 97.7 (WZRM). While Cierra steps in as Program Director, WZRM’s former director, ...

DR Congo has given the official kick-off to a campaign to enshrine Congolese rumba, one of the most popular forms of music in Africa, on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The bid is being ...

Singer/songwriter Pierre Kwenders's new album reveals a powerful point of view from the musician, who was born in Africa and discovered new sounds in Montreal — the city he later moved to. The album ...

Remember the scene from Jim Carrey’s The Mask where Carrey escapes the police by donning a frilled shirt and singing, “They call me Cuban Pete / I’m the King of the Rumba Beat / When I play my maracas ...

Dawn Richard, “Blackheart” (Our Dawn Records). Best known as an original member of Danity Kane, R&B singer Dawn Richard left the group last year (again) after a public kerfuffle revealed deep ...

When you walk into a crowded bar, the sound may not be apparent at first. But before long, your ears will pick up the rhythm of an unmistakable beat. It's a bartender's shake. "Some people think I'm ...