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It’s tough for rabid salsa fans to imagine that success may not have come easy for many of the greats.... Read Article
It’s tough for rabid salsa fans to imagine that success may not have come easy for many of the greats.... Read Article
With Fidel Whatever Happens (Con Fidel Pase que lo Pase), directed by Serbia’s Goran Radovanović for Nama and See Film,... Read Article
At times it feels as if Roberto Fonseca‘s reputation has more to do with his time supporting Buena Vista Social... Read Article
In the sheltered inner rooms of an old Havana house, an earthy philosopher plucks melodies and rhythms from the air... Read Article
Cuba is best known for son, the grab bag of styles that features many of the building blocks of salsa.... Read Article
It’s not always a disaster when plans go astray. Fourteen years after the celebrated sessions in Havana that gave rise... Read Article
Labelled as an epic animated love story between Chico and Rita, in reality this story is all about Cuba and... Read Article
Today, you may think of Gilles Peterson as a DJ. A DJ yes, but he has helped launch the careers... Read Article
A haiku, as poet Octavio Paz put it, is lived poetry. For Yusa, the Cuban singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, this means... Read Article
Dancer and percussionist Max Pollak has performed for Fidel Castro one night and rural Cuban sugar workers the next. He... Read Article
“He’s like Marvin Gaye, singing soul to a new generation…” – Boston Globe “You’ll fall in love with Cuba’s untamed... Read Article
There aren’t many people who can claim to have cut their musical teeth while traveling worldwide as a fisherman, been... Read Article