Jack Costanzo, a Chicagoan of Italian descent who taught himself to play the bongos and, somewhat improbably, became a ubiquitous figure in Afro-Cuban jazz, accompanying singers like Nat King Cole and ...

Kenyans love Bongo Flava. Our airwaves, TV music shows, local shops and even promotional roadshows play a good amount of Bongo music. And what’s not to love about these Tanzanian songs? The beats are ...

Tanzanian Bongo musician Juma Jux has revealed plans to have three more weddings, days after exchanging vows with his ...

Eric Pounds, also known as Bongo Man, is a homeless street musician who plays the goatskin drum. Here he is jamming with his friend, Tony Barron.

Scrolling through Twitter is like wading through a steaming pool of hot trash. But among the depressing stories, exhausting criticism, and increasingly aggressive interactions between people who don't ...

Mellow-voiced Bongo musician, Hussein Rashid Maaarufu, better known as Hussein Machozi, almost lost his life when a politician and his friends reportedly attacked him in a club, beat him to a pulp and ...

Meet Eric Pounds, or maybe you know him as “Bongo Man.” He’s a 55-year-old man experiencing homelessness who is known for playing a drum next to Pluckers Wing Bar in Austin’s West Campus area. Born in ...

Actor, philanthropist and amateur bongo musician Matthew McConaughey is adding yet another entry to his ever-growing resume: Carl’s Jr. voice-over artist. McConaughey — already the brand ambassador ...

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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 ...