African music traveled to the New World with slavery, only to return to Africa in the 1930’s and 40’s via 78 rpm phonograph records, broadcast by Radio Congo Belge in Léopoldville (now Kinshasha), ...

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 ...

In the Yoruban language, Yubá Iré translates into "A greeting of blessing. To debut with a recording of solely rumba music has taken a lot of focused dedication to their craft by the group Yubá Iré.

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 ...

Rumba evolved from music brought to the Americas by African slaves, before returning to Africa and being readapted In the two Congos its songs are guitar-led and often about love, but rumba also ...

They will join Cuban ritual drummer Galis, Santiago rumba troupe Obba Tuke, the Afro-Cuban dance and music group Ballet Folklorico de Oriente and more local performers.

Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band: Rumba Buhaina: The Music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album review by Francis Lo Kee, published on March 17, 2006. Find thousands jazz reviews at All ...

Sofi Tukker & ZHU Have Fun Getting Nasty With ‘Mi Rumba’: Listen It's a naughty little number that was as fun to make as it is to dance to.

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 ...

The survival of Rumba as the popular sound of East and Central Africa is facing a threat from the dominance of other African pop sounds.