Gonzalo Rubalcaba: “Denying my art to my own people is out of place”
Help us keep OnCuba alive here The news was a bombshell in Havana. Jazz star Dizzy Gillespie, visiting Cuba to...
Five songs to celebrate the rainbow
The search for freedom has always throbbed from below, imposing itself on a transcendent area in the history of music....
Cimafunk is home, and he’s staying there
With the spread of the coronavirus around the world, there has been an explosion of memes on social networks with...
Global Cuba Fest: a platform without borders for contemporary Cuban music
A group of Cuban artists and groups such as Brenda Navarrete, Alain Pérez, Julio Montalvo Orchesta, DJ Edgaro y Sol...
Bill Taylor, president of the Trombone Shorty Foundation: Havana and New Orleans are related spirits
The U.S. Trombone Shorty Foundation will arrive at the International Jazz Plaza Festival to strengthen cultural ties between Cuba and...
Chucho, Cachao and Haydée Milanés among best of the decade, according to Billboard
Records of three Cuban artists were included by the prestigious Billboard magazine among the 50 best Latin albums of the...
It’s not my fault! The anguish and triumphs of Cuban music in Miami in the 1990s
The video of the song that gave title to the album recreated a pre-revolutionary club where Gloria Estefan sang with...
Cimafunk and Alexander Abreu join Tony Succar for Grammy-nominated record theme
The notable Peruvian producer, arranger and instrumentalist Tony Succar released this Friday the video of his recent single "El Tren...
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...
