Tata Güines, Patato Valdez, Miguel Anga, and Orlando Poledo join forces in Paris in 1995.

From the collection of Ruben Toledo.

How do Cubans get so much music out of a drum?

An in depth tutorial here: Inside the conga

– Ken McCarthy
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Sacred music spaces in Western Cuba
Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz Oral History