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 ...
Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. The Conga Room, Los Angeles’s iconic music concert venue, ...
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 ...
Come on, shake your body! Tonight, Latina icon Gloria Estefan got the entire American Music Awards moving to a medley of her dance-ready hits. Jennifer Lopez introduced the performance, which saw ...
Preston Epps, a percussionist whose 1959 instrumental "Bongo Rock" helped introduce bongos and conga drums to mainstream pop, has died. He was 88. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Preston Epps, a ...
Aug. 22 (UPI) --Cuban singer Gloria Estefan is celebrating the 40th anniversary of her 1985 hit "Conga." The music artist, 67, performed the song on Good Morning America Friday as part of the show's ...
He brought Afro-Cuban influences to American ensembles and dazzled audiences with his virtuosic multiple-drum technique. By Neil Genzlinger “When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution ...
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