Gear
Lighten The Load With SKB’s Universal Conga Case
Tired of hauling your congas around in soft bags with handles? SKB has solved more than one problem with the new rolling Universal Conga Case.
Hand Drum
Hand Drumming Workshop: Conga Basics
If you’ve always wanted to learn conga technique, but haven’t known how to get started, you’ll find the basic building blocks in this how-to article.
Gear
New Aspire Congas In Lightweight Jamjuree Wood
If you feel like jamming on some congas you owe it to yourself to check out the new edition of LP Aspire congas and bongos made from jamjuree wood.
Hand Drum
Gon Bops: Mariano Series Congas & Bongos
We test the new Mariano series congas and bongos and decide that they are a pretty classy upgrade from anything you're playing right now.
Hand Drum
Roberto Quintero: King Conga
With a résumé that includes Diane Schuur, Dave Samuels, Gato Barbieri, Steve Khan, and Celia Cruz, you would think Quintero would be a household name.
Gear
Congas App Hits Hard On iPhone
Mode Of Expression LLC's new congas app features four sample sets plus a bonus hidden set.
Gear
LP Classic Top-Tuning Congas Offer New Finish Options
Lessons
Glen Caruba: Mastering Conga-Diddles
So you thought paradiddles were strictly for drum set players, eh? Well, back in the ’90s, Puerto Rican conga sensation Giovanni Hidalgo blew everybody’s minds by applying drum set rudiments to conga technique, and redefined the boundaries of that age-old discipline. In this exercise, DRUM! columnist Glen Caruba shares a number of paradiddle variations for conga players.
Hand Drum
Video Lesson: Clave & Cascara
Here are two patterns that can be played on a wide range of percussion instruments. In this lesson, try using three to four instruments such as congas with a Jam Block and cowbell.
Hand Drum
Soundlab: LP Signature Percussion
Check out the latest bunch of signature bangables from LP: a set of Raul Rekow drums, Giovanni Hidalgo’s Compact bongos with stand, and a new mounting system for their larger siblings, the Compact congas.
