Kaypi, Perú—“This Is Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language—highlights Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts. For the webcast portion of the festival, we recorded ...

This Afro-Peruvian traditional music is lively, has complex rhythms, allows for improvisational riffs, and has contributed several important percussion instruments to the world, including the quijada ...

Peru Negro was unknown in the United States until 1995, when David Byrne's Luaka Bop label released the "Soul of Black Peru" compilation. Marked by relentless rhythms, exotic percussion, strong ...

Afro Peruvian Jazz Orchestra is a 20-piece ensemble that specializes in Afro Peruvian music. The band combines elements of Jazz and traditional Peruvian rhythms which result in fresh sounds and ...

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After the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet’s first set one recent rainy Saturday, Tutuma Social Club owner Santina Bari plugged the band’s CDs and quipped, “It’s much cheaper than opening up a ...

While internet romance has lost its shock value to many online veterans, certain segments of the population who have so far remained outside of the online revolution are just catching up with these ...

Erhu player Zhang Ning (front) from the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater and his students perform in the Colegio Peruano Chino Juan XXIII school in Lima, Peru, in July. [Photo provided to ...

Hosts Fernandez and Edgar meet in Lima, Pera to explore the different sights, sounds, and tastes. Hosts Fernandez and Edgar meet in Lima, Pera to explore the different sights, sounds, and tastes of ...