Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's venerable La Creche bar like little has changed in the Congolese capital since the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The luxury high-rises of Denver’s Golden Triangle cast long shadows, but so far, they’ve failed to darken the party at La Rumba. Its red sign remains a ...

Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted the ...

LAKELAND – Whether you’re an expert in Latin dancing or just wanting to learn some moves “para bailando Latino (for Latin dancing),” Saturday is for you. From 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., the second Rumba Fest ...

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

Popular culture's politics -- The Zairian sound -- Made in Zaire -- Live time -- Musicians and mobility -- Live texts -- The political life of dance bands -- In the skin of a chief ...