Grateful for another wonderful holiday party with family and friends.
percussion
A Brazilian Percussion Extravaganza
Musicians from Brasil PRD+ (Pandeiro Repique Duo Mais) with special guest Carlos Malta & Chris Bullock stopped by our studio to perform two songs in one video intro Vivo Grilo and second part Bora Bira. Vivo Grilo
Edmar and Andrea’s Wedding
One and a half hours outside of New York City in Pine Plains, NY was the site of Edmar Castañeda and Andrea Tierra’s wedding ceremony.
Rachel Brown at Joe’s Pub
Native New Yorker, Rachel Brown brought her music to Joe’s Pub with an incredible 8 piece band.
Gilmar Gomes at Congahead Studio
Los Van Van Perform at Congahead Studio
While on their US tour, some of the members of one of the most famous bands that came out of Cuba, Los Van Van, came by our studio to perform a couple of their songs, Por Encima Del Nivel & Somos Cubanos, in an instrumental version.
Rafaga at Congahead Studios
Uniquely styled Argentine cumbia band, Rafaga brought their infectious music to Congahead Studios
Gilberto “El Pulpo” Colon, Jr. presents Cesar Vega
Bernardo Aguiar & friends perform at a Bossa Nova Club in Lapa, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Bernardo Aguiar & friends performing Maracatu Nação do Amor, by Moacir Santos at a Bossa Nova club in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
‘Round The Town Percussion Feat. Marcos Lopez
‘Round The Town productions feature world class musicians performing one song in multiple locations around a city. In this one we feature Marcos Lopez in NYC.
Sergio Krakowski’s Pandeiro Talking Drum Project
Talking Drums is the multi-media project by Sergio Krakowski that brings a new form of expression for percussion players. After developing his own self-taught technique on the Pandeiro (brazilian tambourine) and after engaging himself into a successful international career as a Pandeiro player, Sergio decided to apply his math knowledge to allow percussion instruments to trigger videos, control effects and interact with the machine creating real dialogs between percussionist and computer.
Soon these tools will be available on the market in the format of a pedal to be used with any kind of percussion.
In the Talking Drums project, Sergio used the technology he developed in his PhD to actually make the drum speak. Behind this idea there is a strong artistic research on what is the limit between rhythm and spoken language that takes us to ancient times where the distance between these two things was smaller or inexistent.
Miguel de Armas Latin Jazz Quartet perform Nolasco
Cuban pianist Miguel de Armas who played for NG La Banda and Manolito Y Su Trabuco, brought his latin jazz quartet to perform his composition Nolasco.
How LP (Latin Percussion) Began-Over 50 Years of Untold Stories
This video tells of how the first bongo was conceived of and created. The first hardware was created in a company building military instrumentation. That very same bongo was recreated in 2014 as the 50th Anniversary model that has already become the go to bongo by the leading players who have passed through the congahead.com studio.
Bedstuy Ewe Perform at Congahead Studio
Morrocan musician, Amino Belyamani, brought his Ewe African ensemble to Congahead Studio. These are an ewe social piece from Ghana as taught by Master Chief Drummer Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo. Bedstuy Ewe performs Kpomegbe & Kinka as well as Husago & Akufede.
