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Violin
Grupo INKHAY member César Vele plays the violin at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018
Tuning for the Performance
Here Pepe is tuning his instruments for his performance at Whispering Knoll Assisted Living facility in Edison, New Jersey.
Tour of Instruments
Pepe takes the time to show us the instruments in his collection. He shared with us the origins of many of his instruments, and even told us stories of how he acquired some of them.
The Raíces Crew with Gabriel Muñoz
Raíces Cultural Center co-founders Nicole Wines and Francisco G. Gómez with Gabriel Muñoz after his performance at the Forum Theatre.
The Pulse of the Music
The drum is the heartbeat of the music. Drums in Andean music play simple, steady pulse patterns in time with a variety of other instruments.
The Glass Case
Pepe's private collection in his Stanhope, NJ home.
The Flutes
The flutes
The Collection
The collection
Taking a Bow
Capoeira Senzala taking a bow at the end of their July 2018 concert at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in Highland Park, NJ.
Student Sharing
Students in the Capoeira Senzala school were invited to share with the audience at the groups performance during the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Strings Close Up 2
Strings close up 2
String Collection on the Wall
A portion of Pepe Santana's collection of stringed instruments from around the world hand in a wall display.
String Collection Close Up
A close up of a small selection from Pepe Santana's stringed instrument collection.
String Collection
These are the guitars and other lute family instruments that make up Pepe's strings collection.
Stabbed
Capoeira Senzala members Sapulha Senzala and Levi Cacique de Ramos Guerrero choreographed a narrative samba dance dramatizing a fight and stabbing.
South America
Grupo INKHAY performs folkloric music from the Andes mountains, specifically from the countries of Ecuador, Bolivia and Perú, in South America.
Songs of the Andes
Grupo INKHAY member César Vele sings songs from the Andes mountains at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Songs of Capoeira
Mestre Zumbi of Capoeira Senzala introduces some songs and chants from the capoeira tradition in Brazil.
Song of the Andes
Pepe Santana plays and sings an Andean song for his audience in an indigenous language.
Showing the Audience
Pepe holds up instruments to show his audience. This is a trademark of Pepe's performances. He believes in respecting his audience's intelligence by explaining to them the origins of his instruments and how they are used in Andean Music.
Sharing Stories, Sharing History
Panelists in the discussion about witnessing historic bomba of the early 20th century shared their stories and experiences, some passed down from their own ancestors with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Sharing History
PROPA founder and 5th Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado with Doña Ana Rodríguez and Doña Carmen Cora, panelists who shared eyewitness accounts and stories from historic bomba of the mid-early 20th Century.
Sharing Gratitude, Sharing Culture
Mestre Zumbi and Francisco G. Gómez exchange words and gestures of affection and gratitude for the opportunity to collaborate on sharing the cultural traditions of capoeira from Brazil at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Sharing Culture, Sharing History
Doña Ana Rodríguez, a member of the "Panel of Eyewitnesses and Descendants of Historic Bomba" shares a song with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Sharing Culture
Pepe Santana, musician and cultural historian, sharing his knowledge about Andean folkloric traditions to educate audiences about the music and songs being performed at the concert.