Hector Morales brings traditional Afro-Peruvian music to the U.S. from Lima, Peru. Hector Morales brings traditional Afro-Peruvian music to the U.S. from his home country, Lima, Peru. He plays the ...

The Peruvian Cajon is a very commonly used instrument in Afro-Peruvian music and Peruvian music in general. It is believed to have originated in colonial times but it took its definitive form in the ...

Musicians from Chile, Mexico, U.S., Japan and Peru, take part in the VI Peruvian Cajon International Festival at Plaza de Armas in Lima City, capital of Peru, on April 13, 2013. Over a thousand ...

Over the following centuries, what that wooden box evolved into is now an indispensable part of several musical traditions of Peru, like the marinera, tondero and festejo. Juan de Dios Soto teaches ...

Over time, those boxes became the cajon. While much of Peru’s black population became assimilated, the music continued to be performed, especially on the Pacific coast. In the 1960s, Afro ...

Consider the ingredients: It's based on an iPhone recording of a 1950s-era vocalist; it's propelled by an Afro-Peruvian cajon, a percussion instrument that dates back to the slave trade in Peru ...

Her eight-member backup group had two outstanding young soloists, guitarist Luis Manrique and pianist Moises Lamas, plus a powerhouse rhythm section featuring the typical Peruvian cajon ...

Chika was also the first hip-hop act to anchor her set with just a Peruvian cajón instead of a full, hard-hitting kit. The surprisingly stripped-down performance allowed her lyrics, with all ...

On the night of June 4, the Plaza Mayor of Lima was lit up with lights and colours, as the sounds of zapateo and cajon resonated through the public square in celebration of National Afro-Peruvian ...

a box-shaped percussion instrument of Afro-Peruvian origin, in hopes of beating their country's 2009 Guinness World Record for the world's largest cajon ensemble during the Fifth International ...

On this State of the Arts, we meet five: Afro-Peruvian Cajon player Hector Morales; African American storyteller Queen Nur; Korean dance master, Lena Mija Kim; and Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena ...