City Guides:

Buena Vista Social Club

By Jack Guy 19 April, 2018

Wearing his famous black cowboy hat, a mark of his guajiro, or peasant, roots, Eliades Ochoa stands out among the... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 07 February, 2018

Recent tourists of Cuba will tell you: the song you hear at nearly every establishment in Havana, or in the... Read Article

By Felix Higgins 28 April, 2017

Wherever pianist Roberto Fonseca lays his hat he always remembers home. Cuba. For those doubting Thomases out there merely spell... Read Article

From Buena Vista Social Club to Mayra Andrade and Raúl Midón, Roberto Fonseca has certainly earnt his reputation as an... Read Article

By Adolf Alzuphar 08 June, 2016

In his customary black cowboy hat, this time accompanied by his sister Maria, Eliades Ochoa has released a new album... Read Article

Ahmir Khalib Thompson, more commonly known as ?uestlove or Questlove, is a music genius, journalist, Ambassador of Hip Hop, and... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 17 November, 2014

Cuba’s music, and its people who are seemingly so invested in keeping its classic alive, is perhaps the biggest thing... Read Article

By Russ Slater 07 March, 2012

At times it feels as if Roberto Fonseca‘s reputation has more to do with his time supporting Buena Vista Social... Read Article

By Russ Slater 05 August, 2011

La Vida Boheme have just played a secret show for MTV Iggy in New York. I think it’s fair to... Read Article

By Jon Lusk 11 December, 2010

It’s not always a disaster when plans go astray. Fourteen years after the celebrated sessions in Havana that gave rise... Read Article

By Russ Slater 19 November, 2010

Labelled as an epic animated love story between Chico and Rita, in reality this story is all about Cuba and... Read Article