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 ...

new video loaded: Peru celebrates native percussion instrument, the cajon A lively celebration as Peruvians hold festival in honor of the cajon drum, and attempt to break the Guinness record for ...

In the October issue of Rhythm, on sale tomorrow, cajon expert David Mortara begins a four-part series on playing the cajon, its history and playing techniques. The all-wooden box drum, or 'cajón' (ka ...

Thousands of people in Peru have attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the largest cajon ensemble. The cajon is a wooden box with a sound hole on one side which is played by slapping the ...

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 ...

050316SSBricksticks CHARLES Bagnall with some of his Cajon drums and works in progress by Greg Betts. PICTURE / SERENA SIEGENTHALER-BROWN Bricksticks, the home and working gallery of Greg Betts is ...

When Juan de Dios Soto first arrived in California in 1990, he dreamed of a place where he could share the dance and sounds of his beloved birth country: Peru. Soto settled in San Francisco, where he ...

A lively celebration as Peruvians hold festival in honour of the cajon drum, and attempt to break the Guinness record for Largest Cajon Ensemble. Gavino Garay reports. A lively celebration as ...