Dancing girl graphics might not suit everyone ... Meinl chose to send us a set of standard diameter drums which comprises an 11" quinto, 11 3/4" conga and 12 1/2" tumba which all stand proud at a cool ...

It was a pleasure to play these drums and they would suit many musical settings with more than a tip of the hat to their construction and great materials. The conga was responsive and powerful and the ...

He was considered a towering figure on the congas, which are tapered drums played with the fingers and hands. His greatest innovation was to play more than one conga drum at a time, eventually ...

Congas have become ubiquitous in popular music since the late 1960s, after Santana famously made 500,000 people sway their hips at Woodstock. Timbales, the two snare-drum-looking instruments ...

Raul Rekow played with the Mexican-American rock group and recorded with pop stars including Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston Santana percussionist Raul Rekow, who helped introduce the conga ...