Wearing his famous black cowboy hat, a mark of his guajiro, or peasant, roots, Eliades Ochoa stands out among the patrons of a central London café. Accompanied by his wife and biographer Grisel Sande Figueredo, the 71-year-old seems... Read Article
Recent tourists of Cuba will tell you: the song you hear at nearly every establishment in Havana, or in the resorts in Varadero, is “Chan Chan,” made popular by the Buena Vista Social Club, an ensemble of Cuban... Read Article
Lester McCollin Springer is a Rasta artist from Las Tunas, in the east of Cuba, whose vibrant images combine expressiveness with abstraction. Many of them feature women, not as sweet playthings but as powerful bearers of their African... Read Article
If you’ve not heard of Ariwo yet then you can be excused. The group is a brand new entity, put together especially for Manana Cuba, a new festival happening in Santiago de Cuba this May that aims to... Read Article
With the end to the US embargo against Cuba getting closer and closer, there is a sense that the Caribbean island will soon open itself up to more international events and visits by international artists. It seems this... Read Article
