Central to many types of Latin music, the guiro is the heartbeat ... This handheld instrument is essential to keeping the band in sync and the dancers on beat. Alan Vega, a producer-songwriter ...

A paradox, maybe, that the instrument that brings all the ... “that’s what gives the swing to the band.” By the 1950s, Latin music had become big business, so it’s no surprise the cowbell ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites have helped raise thousands of dollars to support a local Latin music band whose instruments were damaged or sunk during a performance on Lady Bird Lake last week.