Until recently, Colombian percussionist and bandleader Clodomiro Montes made a decent living doing what he loves best: playing a soulful repertoire of Afro-Caribbean hits at restaurants and nightclubs ...

Luis Enrique's performance at the Conga Room in Los Angeles as part of the Latin music series "Latin Kings of Salsa" heated up with every song and every step in an addictive, high-energy show. By ...

A true jazz giant, Ray Barretto, who died Friday at 76 in New Jersey, made his name playing conga drums on jazz and salsa records since the late 1950s. Today, he will be buried at Riverside Memorial ...

Ray Barretto, the towering Puerto Rican percussionist who straddled the occasionally conflicting worlds of salsa and Latin jazz during a career that spanned more than half a century, died Friday. He ...

For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in downtown L.A. The yellow sculptural design from Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo — meant to resemble the tropical fruit split ...

8:49 a.m. March 29, 2024: A previous version of this story said that singer-songwriter Blessd performed at the event. He did not. The article also said that the Conga Kids program has served 50,000 ...

The Latin music venue celebrates its 20th anniversary in L.A. this year. By Rebecca Sun Senior Editor, Diversity & Inclusion UTA has signed The Conga Room, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively ...

The Conga Room, the well-known Los Angeles nightclub that has provided Latin entertainment in the area for 25 years, is officially closing its doors. The venue will present a music-filled goodbye ...

Bad Bunny’s success on his sixth studio album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which earned the top spot on the Billboard’s Top Streaming Albums chart the week of its debut, is on-par with the global superstar’s ...

Joe Conzo, Latin music historian and close friend of the late Tito Puente, has always said musicians like Puente were amused by the term “salsa. “What does it mean? ” asks Conzo. “What kind of music ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando pet salon uploaded a video to its Facebook page of an adorable dog that appears to dance to salsa music. In the brief clip, the dog can be seen rising to its hind legs and ...