Music Directory: Afro-Latin

Candombe - Information on this style of Afro-Uruguayan rhythm, featuring origins, sounds, images and musicians. Site available in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Orishas in Music - An extensive discography of Afro-Latin Orisha recordings. Among the artists listed are Francisco Aguabella, Milton Cardona, Conjunto Cespedes, Celia Cruz, and Lázaro Ros.

RumbaRama - West Coast percussionist Dennis Califa Reed has a selection of sound samples, and a discography of Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Latin music, including links to other Afro-Latin music sites.

Three Guys from Miami - Online store specializing in Afro-Cuban music, with sound samples.

Wemba Means Magic - Collective of musicians, storytellers, and dancers who are priests and adherents of African Traditional Diasporic Religions; dedicated to sharing the Afro-Latin music, dance, and traditions of Lucumi Orisha and Palo Mayombe.

Latin Beat Magazine - Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT

October 1, 2005 -- While the big band sound does not have the club support it deserves, big band concerts, especially in New York, do very well, particularly when they...

Oakland Tribune - Mr. Afro-Latin music still playing after many years

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT

August 10, 2007 -- We have so many treasures in the Bay Area, the label tends to lose its punch. In the case of percussionist, composer, band leader, musicologist,...

Oakland Tribune - Mr. Afro-Latin Music still playing after many years

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT

August 10, 2007 -- We have so many treasures in the Bay Area, the label tends to lose its punch. In the case of percussionist, composer, band leader, musicologist,...

Historian, The - Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000.(Book review)

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT

December 22, 2006 -- Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000. By George Reid Andrews. (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 284. $19.95.) This book...

Latin Beat Magazine - Bobby Matos' Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT

October 1, 2005 -- Bobby Matos" Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble continues to reach new musical horizons on his latest CD, Acknowledgement, backed by Theo Saunders, John...