Meet Eric Pounds, or maybe you know him as “Bongo Man.” He’s a 55-year-old man experiencing homelessness who is known for playing a drum next to Pluckers Wing Bar in Austin’s West Campus area. Born in ...

Eric Pounds, also known as Bongo Man, is a homeless street musician who plays the goatskin drum. Here he is jamming with his friend, Tony Barron.

MUMIAS, KENYA: Congolese musician Kanda Bongo Man surprised residents of Mumias in Western Kenya when he arrived unexpectedly to begin his service to the community to commemorate Kenya’s 50 years of ...

Kanda Bongo Man is the world’s leading exponent of soukous, the hottest, most frenetic dance music to come out of Africa for decades. Driven by the peppery pulse of a hypnotic percussive attack and ...