Reggaeton is one of the most popular genres amongst Cuban youth. Dec. 6, 2012— -- Cuba will punish musicians whose songs refer explicity to sexual acts or objectify women and ban such material ...
NEW ORLEANS — Last month, ten young people with the Trombone Shorty Foundation joined famous New Orleans musicians to perform at the Havana Jazz Festival in Cuba. The trip was designed to showcase New ...
Music has always had a powerful influence on Cuban culture. Its unique blend of West African and European styles has made Cuba one of the richest and most influential music regions in the world. But ...
HAVANA – Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, filling a concert hall in downtown Havana with a hypnotic form of ...
If this were a music video, it would start in this living room in Havana, with a tight shot of the skinny kid in the white tank top at the keyboard. He counts it off from four, and with a sort of ...
The Bay Area has been a hotbed for Cuban music for more than half a century, and despite the persistent cold war freeze on relations with the communist-ruled nation, the temperature here keeps rising.
Erica Rodriguez and Ray Colao Rodriguez, owners of Cuba 1918, say it's more than restaurant: It's an attempt to revitalize ...
Last year, Global Cuba Fest’s 13th edition certainly proved to be unlucky. “We were on top of the Citadel dancing our butts off to Sol and the Tribu. It was March 11,” remembers Beth Boone, the ...
A politically charged hip-hop song has become the backdrop for the civil unrest that has rocked Cuba this summer. Also Read:Biden backs protesters in Cuba, urges communist leaders to ‘hear’ their ...
During its first tour of the United States, the Cuban band Cimafunk headlined Tipitina’s on April 6, 2019, bandleader Erik “Cima” Rodriguez’s 30th birthday. To perform in New Orleans at Tipitina’s on ...
WASHINGTON — We here in D.C. know and love go-go music. From the Godfather Chuck Brown to Rare Essence, Backyard and Junkyard, D.C.'s official music is thriving. Now, it's going international. "Prior ...
Los Van Van, Bola de Nieve, and the legendary Cuban singer and composer Benny Moré, who also melded genres, were big influences too, he said, as were a montón (a ton) of American artists — from the ...