Chucho Valdés, first Latino to receive U.S. Jazz Master Award
The awards ceremony will be held next Saturday, April 26, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Cucurucho Valdés, back with his feet on his land
The pianist lives in Spain and carries out his career in Europe, and this is the first time he’s returned...
Bryan Sánchez, the face of young Cuban pop
At 23, the Matanzas native has over 60,000 followers on Instagram and continues to infuse his art with the musical...
Aiona Santana, singer: “Recording in Cuba was a party”
The Venezuelan-Canadian remembers the shooting of “La Santa” on the island, with the director Freddy Loons.
8 questions for my father
I begin a segment of this column with an essential person in my life, whose “main routine has been to...
Five hours with Paul McCartney in Santiago
25 years after the “secret” and fleeting visit of the only Beatle to have ever set foot in Cuba, witnesses...
A photo, four singer-songwriters and a domino table
Silvio Rodríguez provides context to a snapshot that shows him, Pablo Milanés, Vicente Feliú and Noel Nicola around a game...
Alexander Abreu and the thousand-answer letter
Cuban music is not an entelechy, it is a social construction in which human beings and their representations, their common...
Impromptu for Chucho Valdés
The creator of Irakere turns 83. Celebrating it is also a reason to review his work and genius in the...
Omara Portuondo retires permanently from the stage
Her last performance will be next Sunday in Budapest, “where she will be honored by the Orchestra and the audience,”...
Silvio Rodríguez: “They say I’m changing, as if it were possible to regret my life”
In a statement published on his blog under the title “Solo así” (Only this way), the singer-songwriter responds to the...
Silvio Rodríguez: “In difficult times I think art is even more necessary”
The singer-songwriter talks about “Quería saber,” his new album about to be released and from which two singles have been...
A night in Havana with Laurin Talese
The vocalist and composer from Cleveland, Ohio, was in Havana in April and shared part of her repertoire with the...
Silvio and Pablo in Argentina, evocation at the turn of forty years
On April 5, 1984, the first of the Cuban singers-songwriters’ concerts was held in a country that had just returned...
Pepe Gavilondo: “I want the universe to show me the way”
After a decade as a keyboardist for one of the best-known Cuban groups and collaborating on other projects, Gavilondo is...
Aaron Goldberg on Cuba-U.S. exchanges: “Learning and exploring our common language together”
One of the figures of jazz piano on the U.S. scene, Aaron Goldberg, joined the calls for greater exchange between Cuba...
UNESCO declares bolero Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The organization considered that the binational candidacy for Cuba and Mexico met the necessary requirements, considering its identity, presence in...
Artists from native peoples of U.S. to perform in Havana
Sponsored by the United States Embassy and the Cuban Ministry of Culture, the free concerts by Rhiannon Murphy and Patrick...
Alain Pérez: “I risked being what I am”
A true musical jack-of-all-trades, the artist from Manaca Iznaga assures that he is not interested in “copying old formulas” and...
Rodrigo García, the boy who quit baseball for the piano
He is barely over the age of majority and is already showing results in a career as a musician that...
The salmon flight. From Brooklyn to Cayo Hueso without regrets
Although his name does not appear in culture headlines, Cuba owes him some front-page events. Resurrecting Chano Pozo in one...
Israel Rojas: “My thing is fire and not the torch”
The director of Buena Fe explains what happened with his concerts in Spain and reflects on Cuba, the media attacks...
The son is still there
The Day of the Cuban Son is celebrated on May 8 as a tribute to a vocal and instrumental genre...
Three ferocious tigers devour the Big Apple
Long before and after the embargo, in the 1960s, Cuba has not stopped exporting two very valuable assets to the...
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