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
REVIEW ؟Que Vola? – ؟Que Vola?
Any new release on the classy French No Format label is going to be at the very least interesting and... Read Article
Richard M. Shain – Roots In Reverse
During the nearly four centuries of slavery in the Americas, 2.5 million Africans were brought to the Hispanic New World;... Read Article
A Conversation with Orquesta Akokán’s Jacob Plasse
Cuba/NYC’s Orquesta Akokán has had one hell of a debut. Their self-titled debut record (on Daptone Records) is nominated for... Read Article
15 Best Latin Pop Songs of 2018
2018 has been a year of mainstream, high-quality, smokin’ Latin pop. It’s also seen women, trans women and not so... Read Article