Hip hop festival in Cuba reaches its 8th edition
The Urban Potaje Festival, which highlights the values of hip hop culture in the Cuban music scene, will hold its...
Plaque unveiled in Havana to remember Juan Formell
On December 4, 1969, Juan Formell created the great Cuban band Los Van Van, with such a strong legacy that...
Pablo Milanés: “I’m very satisfied with the public’s reception of my ‘Esencia’ tour”
Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés will resume his "Esencia" tour with a concert on August 25 at the Frigiliana 3 Culturas...
Cuban bands to pay tribute to Juan Formell
Renowned Cuban popular music dance bands will join in a concert to pay tribute to Juan Formell, founder of the...
Yotuel: “Cuba stopped in time”
Yotuel, singer of the Cuban group Orishas and winner of two Latin Grammy awards, revealed this Friday to EFE that...
The queen of Cuban hip-hop: “To be a rapper you have to be a feminist”
When Reyna Mercedes Hernández Sandoval decided to take the step in 2012 to register her hip-hop group in the Cuban...
Celia Cruz Foundation scholarship for “very versatile” percussionist from Miami
The Celia Cruz Foundation and the Celia Cruz Legacy Project presented a scholarship this Wednesday to the young and "very...
Haydée Milanés: Music from within
Haydée Milanés is one of the most versatile musicians of her generation. She is sitting in her living room at...
Faustino Oramas, “El Guayabero”
Last June 4, according to his birth certificate, Faustino Oramas Osorio, "El Guayabero," one of the legends of Cuban music,...
Montreal overflows with Cuban jazz
The 40th edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival, Canada, considered among the most important in the world, will have Cuban...
“Rock ’n’ roll with timba is awesome”
Habana Abierta was an explosion in the Cuban underground scene. The members of this creative group recorded, after settling in...
Descemer Buenos: dancing the Buenos Aires night
Before leaving the Miami airport, in the last waiting lounge, composer, guitarist and producer Descemer Bueno (1971) broadcast on Facebook...
Issac Delgado: “My music needs Cuban reality”
There is a song that forever united Isaac Delgado with Celia Cruz. The legendary salsa singer had recorded "La vida...
Síntesis: “Afro-Cuban music sounds on its own”
Nineteen days after Fidel Castro’s death there still existed, throughout the country, a kind of unofficial curfew. Shows, concerts and...
Cimafunk’s music spree in the United States
Cimafunk’s success during his debut in the United States was no surprise. The musician landed after having jam-packed every space...
Pablo and Varela in new days of glory
Pablo Milanés and Carlos Varela joined in two guitar-solo concerts in Miami on March 29 and 30 that remained recorded...
Pablo Milanés: “I can’t be away from Cuba for a long time because nostalgia invades me”
Pablo Milanés arrived on dot at noon at the PM Records studio with his wife, Nancy, to continue the pre-rehearsals...
Havana World Music, a festival that should not die
The Havana World Music Festival has brought to Havana bands and artists with a rigorous proposal far removed from the...
Andy y Lucas duo will debut in Cuba with “Nueva Vida”
The Spanish Andy y Lucas duo, which reached high levels of popularity during the past decade, will perform in Havana...
Haydée Milanés and Chico Buarque sing to Pablo
The Deluxe edition of the album Amor by Haydée Milanés presented on March 8th her new guest: Chico Buarque. "I...
Vedado Social Club, a Cultural Oasis in Miami
The top floor of the Langford Hotel in downtown Miami is decorated New York-style: cushions and sofas on the edges...
Roberto Fonseca: “I respect all those who struggle to create”
Music in Cuba The Cuban musical panorama is very interesting. There are many people, especially young people, who are doing...
Miguel Cancio, the last of Los Zafiros
In 1997, at the Capri Hotel, in the middle of the Cuban salsa boom, a performance by Los Zafiros was...
This is Cuban Music, And I’m Going to Give It to You Live, Alive!
Cima My old friends call me El Manta. They’re friends from when I started with trova, and my buddies from...
Paul Oakenfold, an electronic music guru in Cuba
British DJ Paul Oakenfold is returning to Cuba after almost two decades since his first visit, in February 1999. At...
