REVIEW Angélique Kidjo – Celia
Anguelique Kidjo is at it again with her latest album Celia, in which just like last year’s reimagining of the... Read Article
REVIEW Chano Pozo – Rumbero Mayor
It would be tempting to argue that the hot-blooded, fast-living rumbero of African origin from the slums of Havana was... Read Article
REVIEW Ariwo – Quasi
Reviews of Ariwo‘s first, eponymous album, released in May 2017, talked memorably of “a sonic terra incognita” and “a soundscape... Read Article
On the Fast Track to Stardom: Cuba’s Cimafunk
The buzz around Cuba’s Cimafunk began earlier this year for us. We kept hearing there was this Cuban funk band... Read Article
REVIEW Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
For those not familiar, Carlos Acosta, born in Cuba in ’73 into an impoverished family, is one of the most... Read Article
Cuban hip-hop icons Orishas star in new HBO documentary, ‘Havana Street Party’
There is a reverence in the room whenever veteran or “old school” American rappers are around. It is a deep... Read Article
New Music: ‘La Eternidad Que Se Perdió’ by Israel’s Idan Raichel feat. Cuba’s Danay Suarez,
The Cuban singer Danay Suarez and the Israeli music icon Idan Raichel first met at one of Raichel’s concerts in Miami, Florida, several years... Read Article
REVIEW Polo Montañez – Guajiro Natural / Guitarra Mia
The music of Polo Montañez is back in circulation after almost 15 years, thanks to LusAfrica’s reissue of his two... Read Article
REVIEW El Comité – Y Qué!? (So What)
Here’s another fine Cuban jazz pianist to get into… Harold Lopez-Nussa was featured on Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura project. Here,... Read Article