African groups in Cuba, which Sublette traces to four distinct regions on the dark continent, kept a lot of their culture and traditions intact through the formation of cabildos, something like 'town ...

Despite the limitations on connectivity, artists can create songs and videos that circulate “all over Cuba within a couple of ...

A sixty minute film presentation of rare and unusual Cuban music footage from Son, Rumba & Afro Cuban Jazz from 1929 to 1960's, followed by a discussion with host and audience. This film presentation ...

Come dance, listen, hang out and experience smoking Cuban charanga music at Community Music Center – it’s free! CMC’s own Cuban Charanga Ensemble will be performing as part of the Mission Arts ...

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When I presented Cimafunk at the Alt.Latino SXSW showcase last year, it was easily one of the most dynamic performances I had seen in more than ten years of attending the annual music festival. I ...

Upon arriving in Cuba recently for the 3rd International Scientific Convention of Cienfuegos, SUNY Cortland junior Madison Houghton and classmates experienced something akin to Bollywood or the set of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. “ Dance and music have been and continue to be a way to resist oppression, release ...

In the best of times, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival has served as San Francisco’s most democratic cultural institution, presenting a vast array of free cultural events in an eminently accessible ...

He was trained in the classics and jazz, but he helped popularize a new, danceable genre known as timba. By Neil Genzlinger José Luis Cortés, a Cuban musician who with his popular band, NG La Banda, ...

José Luis Cortés, "one of the most important figures in contemporary Cuban music," died on April 18 in Havana, Cuba per the Instituto Cubano de la Música José Luis "El Tosco" Cortés, controversial ...