This week, Rhythm Planet showcases some good new cd’s worthy of wider recognition. We begin with the amazing African-Puerto Rican dynamo known as Africando, with musicians from 10 countries laying the ...

1. Africando – Viva Africando (Sterns): African musicians excel at making great tropical latin music, and this new cd by the PuertoRican / Cuban / African band Africando features great musicianship ...

After a successful tour of Europe and the America's, the ground has been set ahead of the grand spectacular concert in the country by one of Senegambia's leading salsa giants-Africando. The group is ...

Marc Anthony achieves his 52nd top 10 on Billboard's Tropical Airplay chart as "Pa'lla Voy" bows at No. 6 on the Sept. 4-dated survey. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & Billboard ...

The late-blooming singer and musician Gnonnas Pedro achieved world-wide fame when he joined the African salsa supergroup Africando in 1996. But he had been well known in his home- town of Cotonou, ...

Africando is one of the most remarkably successful cross-cultural experiments in music today. The exchange of rhythms and structures between Africa and the Caribbean has been going strong since the ...