There was no better way to kick off the second day of the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Week on Tuesday (Oct. 15) than with ...

In its early form, cumbia’s signature rhythms were played with the guacharaca, a tube-like instrument played with a small rake designed for scratching out a raspy beat. Eventually, cumbia traveled up ...

This was a cumbia pit. It's how the Phoenix-based Chicano ... At 9, he joined his uncle's band, even though he had no idea how to play the instrument. They got a drum set at a pawn shop and ...

Moog, a fan of the theremin – the touchless electronic instrument created in the 1920s – experimented with adding amplifiers to the synth's oscillators to make a more portable version of the ...

The buttons to the top left are different colours, but also several controls appeared to be labelled differently on the two units: the button marked Machines on one says Instruments on the other, and ...

When experimenting more with the marimba, an instrument their late father taught them, they unintentionally created this fusion of rock-style cumbia. “We weren’t looking for how to create this ...

From the mariachi's booming guitarron on "Cielito Lindo," to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte's "Ni Parientes Somos" to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the ...

It will also feature a keynote presentation by Mario Galeano of the group Frente Cumbiero about the origins of cumbia plus a workshop on the marimba, one of the key instruments in cumbia music.