Tango music may have its origins in African slave drummers from Uruguay. April 12, 2013— -- If you think it's difficult to drink water while walking, or text while walking, or do anything except ...

CLEARLY, Hugo Medrano has a thing for authenticity. When the GALA Hispanic Theatre's artistic director set out to build a show around Uruguay's candombe music, he didn't stop at poring over academic ...

Altesor describes the project “As a historical review of the key moments that led to the birth of Candombe, a musical rhythm born in Uruguay with strong African roots. On a journey from Africa to “Las ...

Latin Grammy-nominated artist Julieta Rada continues to remind listeners everywhere why she is one of the most unique and innovative artists in Latin music. Today, she released her highly anticipated ...

The show "Tango & Candombe" is already playing at the Thalia Spanish Theatre every Friday (8 pm), Saturday (3 pm & 8 pm), and Sunday (4 pm) and will keep doing it throughout the entire month of June.

Eva Blair Smith from Ola Uruguay blogs about candombe music in a post titled “The Heartbreat of Uruguay: A History of Candombe Drumming.” Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest ...