Here is a group from Cuba called Obini Bata. They play a drum called the bata, which is traditionally forbidden to women in the religion of Santeria. And they make wonderful music.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
8/17/16: The King
I can’t believe I missed August 16th. Elvis Presley’s death day. We’ve always had some kind of ironic celebration to the great man. There’s a bar in Manhattan that did an Elvis death day celebration every year – there would be Elvis food (gummy bears, peanut butter and banana sandwiches), Elvis movies on TV, anContinue reading “8/17/16: The King”