On a beautiful spring Saturday, an estimated 7,000 people came to downtown Lumberton, whether it was to run a race, to cook chili, to eat at their favorite food truc ...

AS YOU CLIMB the dimly lit staircase at La Crèche nightclub in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, you may hear a man’s high, lilting voice drifting from the rooftop. There, ...

FALLY IPUPA: (Singing in non-English language). RASCOE: That's "Formule 7," the title track from Fally Ipupa's latest album. And he joins us now from Paris. Welcome to the program. IPUPA: Yes, thank ...

Rumba or “nkumba” (navel in kikongo) in its original form, describes the joining and rubbing of the navels, a dance which marked the celebrations for the populations of the Kingdom of Kongo (which ...

Clubgoers at Latino music venue Rumba Room at Universal CityWalk. A rumble has broken out over Rumba Room. It’s a leading Latino nightspot at Universal CityWalk that has received its walking papers, ...

On Sunday afternoons in Havana and nearby Matanzas, it’s not unusual to see Cubans make drums out of stools, domino tables, and glass bottles—and erupt into a spontaneous gathering of song and dance.

The late Papa Wemba was one of rumba's biggest stars One of the most influential genres of African music and dance, Congolese rumba, now has Unesco-protected status. It is the culmination of ...

On July 18, 2024, iHeartMedia decided to more vigorously compete for Spanish-language listeners and Hispanic ad dollars in a market that only recently saw the entry of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS ...

iHeartMedia Tampa Bay has moved Rumba down the dial to a stronger signal. Formerly at 106.5 WRUB, the Contemporary Latin Hits station is now at home on 95.7 WBTP‘s 100,000-watt signal. WBTP previously ...

Some musicians and historians in the Democratic Republic of Congo are hard at work trying to preserve the tradition of ...