Last night, Batalá Durham assembled for its weekly practice at Durham Central Park. The community-oriented samba-reggae percussion ensemble has been at the center of a conflict that spotlights one of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Batala Philly is an all-volunteer drum troupe that promotes and shares Afro-Brazilian percussion. This fusion of Brazilian samba with Jamaican reggae is known as 'samba-reg', ...

Batala police have arrested a key associate of gangster Nishan Joriyan in connection with a firing incident linked to an extortion attempt, and recovered a 9mm Glock pistol from his possession, Punjab ...

Music is a great way to connect people from different cultures. Here in Philadelphia, a group gathers people who share the same passion: playing Afro-Brazilian music. Batala Philadelphia is a drumming ...

The blast in a illegal firecracker factory at Batala came as a grim reminder of two explosions in firecracker warehouses in Sangrur in June and September of 2017, in which eight persons were killed ...