Great Lakes Folk Festival -2013

In Afro-Cuban music, tumbao refers to the basic rhythm played on the tumbadoras and the bass. Bravo means excellence. Tumbao Bravo, the band, was formed in 2004 by conga player Alberto Nacif and reedman Paul VornHagen.Alberto Nacif was born in the isthmus state of Oaxaca in Mexico... Read More →

In Afro-Cuban music, tumbao refers to the basic rhythm played on the tumbadoras and the bass. Bravo means excellence. Tumbao Bravo, the band, was formed in 2004 by conga player Alberto Nacif and reedman Paul VornHagen.Alberto Nacif was born in the isthmus state of Oaxaca in Mexico... Read More →

In Afro-Cuban music, tumbao refers to the basic rhythm played on the tumbadoras and the bass. Bravo means excellence. Tumbao Bravo, the band, was formed in 2004 by conga player Alberto Nacif and reedman Paul VornHagen.In 2003 Alberto met Paul VornHagen at Ann Arbor’s famed Firefly... Read More →