I’ve been interested in Afro-Cuban music for a long time. I never really knew where to start when looking for the roots of this music. When I’m interested in a new style of music, I prefer to start from the beginning. I want to know where it came from and who were the innovators. After…
Read moreHow Santería Seeped Into Latin Music
Santería ceremonies traditionally make use of hourglass-shaped batá drums. Eric Pancer/Flickr Creative Commons Note: This piece is better heard than read. For examples of the music and a drumming demonstration, listen at the audio link. If you wanted to put it in extremely simple terms, you could call Santería a mashup of mythology from west…
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