This conversation between Dugarte and his son took place in 2019 amid the cloud forest of El Tambor, located in the Sierra de La Culata National Park, in Mérida, Venezuela.

NEW YORK — It's a long way from the rural town of El Clavo in Venezuela, but the arresting and rhythmic Afro-Latino sounds of the "tambor venezolano" are right at home in the American city. To ...