Orquesta Akokán: A Gift From The Heart
Picture a warm tropical night caressed by fresh breezes from the Caribbean Sea, palm trees against the starlit sky, a... Read Article
New Music: ‘Old Cuba New Cuba Vol. 2’ by Guámpara Music’s DJ Jigüe
What is there to say about Cuba? Since President Barack Obama thawed relations with the island nation, and current President Donald... Read Article
The World Keeps Changing: An Interview with Eliades Ochoa
Wearing his famous black cowboy hat, a mark of his guajiro, or peasant, roots, Eliades Ochoa stands out among the... Read Article
REVIEW Últimos Días en la Habana
From the first scene Últimos Días en la Habana (Last Days in Havana) begins with a visual Cuban identity, starting with... Read Article
REVIEW Candelaria
Candelaria (Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, 2017) is a heartwarming but rickety Havana tale of rediscovering sensuality later in life, without the... Read Article
New Music Video: ‘La Luz’ by Cuba’s Golpe Seko
Recent tourists of Cuba will tell you: the song you hear at nearly every establishment in Havana, or in the... Read Article
Lester McCollin Springer: A Cuban Artist Bringing ‘the Warmth and Colours of the Caribbean’ to the UK
Lester McCollin Springer is a Rasta artist from Las Tunas, in the east of Cuba, whose vibrant images combine expressiveness... Read Article
Best Albums of 2017
If you’ve been following Sounds and Colours since the start you’ll know that we started off by focusing on South... Read Article
New Music: ‘Salomé’ by NYC/Colombia’s Gregorio Uribe feat. Cuba’s Canela de Cuba
Accordionist and singer-songwriter Gregorio Uribe may be based in New York City, but he’s doing one hell of a job... Read Article
Latin American Art on Display in New York City
There’s never a shortage of art exhibits in New York City, but the spring and summer are a great time... Read Article
Leila Segal – Breathe: Stories from Cuba
There’s a lyricality to Leila Segal‘s short stories about Cuba – nine of which are featured in Breathe – that... Read Article
New York Organizations Aim to ‘Demystify’ Cuban Diva ‘La Lupe’
Three New York City cultural organizations have come together to pay tribute to the Afro-Latina “Queen of Latin Soul,” La Lupe.... Read Article