Three generations of celebrated musicians will celebrate South Indian percussion on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The ensemble is…
Kanjira maestro Swaminathan Selvaganesh grew up in a celebrated family of virtuoso Carnatic percussionists in Carnatic music. The grandson of Vikku Vinayakram and son of…
Umashankar is the son of percussion maestro Vikku Vinayakram. Umashankar is the only one among his siblings to follow in his distinguished father’s footsteps by…
V. Selvaganesh was born in Chennai, India on December 28, 1966. He is the son of percussion maestro Vikku Vinayakram. V. Selvaganesh is one of…
Ángel “Cachete” Maldonado, a renowned percussionist and co-founder of the celebrated Afro-Puerto Rican Batacumbele ensemble died on January 10, 2020. He was 68 years old.…
Tom Teasley – All the World’s a Stage (T2 Music, 2012) American percussionist and composer Tom Teasley plays an innovative mix of acoustic percussion instruments…
Brazilian percussionist and composer Adriano Adewale was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. For many years he was known as Adriano Pinto, a colonial name he…
Mexican percussionist Guillermo Barrón Ríos has developed his style with different ensembles that cover a wide range of musical genres such as classical music, rock,…
Rafael Angel ‘Tito’ De Gracia was born on April 4, 1962 in Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. He began playing the tumbadoras at 5 years…
Born in Pativilca, Peru, 100 miles north of Lima, Alejandro Neciosup Acuña, better known as Alex Acuña was born into a musical family that inspired…