Cecilio Negron Jr., aka Ceeloe, passed away unexpectedly in May 2023. Cecilio Negron Jr., aka Ceeloe, passed away unexpectedly this week. He was a master percussionist and music educator and a fixture ...

His passion is playing percussion at salsa clubs, but Charlie Montoyo also thrives at his day job: managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Charlie Montoyo keeps a large collection of Latin percussion ...

Sheila E. is one of the most important people in music; a pioneer and a living legend. The Queen of Percussion’s instrumental skillset is impressive, as it includes not only drumset but also timbales ...

Local vocalist/percussionist Gino Castillo remembers his grandmother listening to Cuban boleros on the radio and his grandfather spinning vinyls of classic composers Bach, Beethoven, Wagner and ...

The Queen of Percussion also spoke about The Greatest Night In Pop, and who should play her in a movie if there is ever a biopic on her decades-long career. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, ...

Salsa meets jazz for six hours in Bushnell Park this Saturday. The 11th annual Salsa Meets Jazz Festival features six acts that explore the relationship between jazz and Latin music, each of them ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

A 2004 inductee into the Modern Drummer magazine's Hall of Fame with a 12-year run as the best progressive rock drummer in the magazine's reader's poll, as well as various live and clinic awards, ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Hello, I'm Murray Horwitz. You know, it's hard to believe that Tito Puente is no longer with us. When he passed away in April of 2000, he left quite an ...

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Montoyo learned to play percussion and salsa music. By James Wagner The Major League Baseball season is a grind. First, there’s spring training, which is normally six weeks ...