In Colombia, salsa music plays everywhere ... slow – synchronised with the conga drums, cun-cun-pa! As I turned the corner into the club room, I was greeted by couples standing in a circle ...

Toby Shippey talks about his love of Latin American music and introduces his band Salsa ... The line-up includes bongo drums, double bass, piano, vocals, conga drums, maracas and the cajón.

"I hear Conga and I hear Latin music," recalled Flores, "but this guy is singing in English. No, he's not singing about the farm ... He's singing about the projects. And it was Joe Bataan." ...

The Bronx Music Hall (BMH ... he was the first to add the conga drum to band performance and the piano to play son and salsa. He also developed the multi-horn mambo concept and created the ...