Cimafunk: “My thing is still an experiment”
Wearing a black T-shirt, two rings on his left hand and sunglasses, Cimafunk opens the door of the studio of...
Daymé Arocena, the strong beats of Cuban jazz
Daymé Arocena's heartbeat is heard loudly. With her new album, Sonocardiogram, the Cuban singer opens a loophole to the world...
Pablo and Haydée Milanés to take their “luxury love” to festival in Mexico
Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés and his daughter Haydée Milanés will be two of the main guests of the sixth edition...
Descemer Bueno: “Urban music is in absolute decline”
Descemer Bueno is a kind of music creation worker. The musician barely rests in his aim to take his music...
Backstreet Boys wants to give concert in Cuba
U.S. pop music group Backstreet Boys announced in a video published in recent months on YouTube’s official profile of the...
Cimafunk in New York: “I’m in a dream”
Cimafunk has never been patient. The musician did not sit down to wait for luck to knock on his door...
Alden González: “What happened with Santiago’s carnivals seems shameful to me”
Alden González accumulated enough merits as a producer during his work with the Septeto Santiaguero. He won two Grammy Awards...
What Maykel Blanco and his Salsa Mayor has that makes you move
Maykel Blanco, director of the Salsa Mayor Cuban group, has been promoting these days in Miami his new album Qué...
Music Excellence Award for Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo, Lupita D’Alessio, Joan Baez and Hugo Fattoruso are some of the winners of the Music Excellence Award of...
Yanela Brooks: music to share, not compete
Yanela Brooks has been living outside of Cuba for about a decade, but nevertheless she doesn’t neglect her roots. Her...
Haydée Milanés presents her new album in Cuba
"This is an essentially love album," said Haydée Milanés when presenting her new record this Friday at a press conference...
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...
