In an era where the contributions of our past music heroes are largely under-appreciated and under-documented, 'Ki’mon' not only narrated history but also celebrated the contributions of key players ...

A pattern is starting to appear in Cimafunk’s album titles. The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, Grammy-nominated follow-up was called “El Alimento,” ...

Cimafunk hasn’t been shy about throwing big, energetic shows or bringing on stage heavyweight guest performers like funk godfather George Clinton. But CimaFest NOLA is tying together a lot of things ...

Note: This article was originally published in April 2005. It was created at a time when African music was on the cusp of becoming an increasingly large part of the Western pop culture landscape.

Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger story about the African diaspora : Alt.Latino Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Cimafunk to talk about how he's created his singular ...

There are two sides to the Cuban artist Erik Iglesias Rodríguez, who performs as Cimafunk. "Cima" is an homage to the cimarrón, a word that refers to Cubans of African descent who escaped enslavement.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Musician Cimafunk will return to Festival International in Lafayette this year for the 40th anniversary. The eccentric performer moved to New Orleans and caught up with WGNO’s ...

Nicolás Emilio Rodríguez Córdoba, alias « Nicoyembe » n'est pas qu'un musicien, c'est un pont vivant entre les deux côtes de la Colombie : celle du Pacifique et celle des Caraïbes. À 77 ans, ce ...

Quel show ! C’est une mosaïque d’airs entraînants et de tableaux flamboyants qui rythme « Black Legends », une odyssée musicale qui traverse l’histoire de la musique afro-américaine et qui fera escale ...

Quand les Colombiens et Colombiennes, connaisseurs de musique afro-colombienne, évoquent Nicoyembe, ils ajoutent : « C’est une légende ! ». Né à Quibdó (Chocó) dans le quartier César Conto - berceau ...