Camila Bordón: “I still dance with my Cuban rhythm, even though now I sound more like a Colombian”
“During my childhood, my parents weren’t Jacqueline the actress and Mijail the actor, but simply Mom and Dad.”
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In Ojalá’s lair
An intimate journey with my lens to Silvio’s studio, where music, life and everyday life intertwine to shape songs that ...
Silvio Rodríguez: Like a balm on memory
What we experienced on the University of Havana steps during the concert by Silvio and his colleagues was a true ...
Alain Pérez: grateful from the heart
The singer, bassist and music producer is promoting his latest album and will perform live at the end of September ...
What does Silvio Rodríguez’s DNA tell us?
The famous singer-songwriter underwent an ancestral genetic traceability study and joined the protagonists of the series “Ruta ADN Cuba” in ...
Varadero Josone Festival 2025: tradition and trend do coexist
The Varadero Josone Rumba, Jazz y Son Festival has now had five successful editions, after its 2025 edition closed almost ...
Gretell Sanabia, the Cuban with the fiery voice who conquered Peru
From Santiago de Cuba to international stages, the young singer has forged her career with perseverance, talent and an authenticity ...
Guido López-Gavilán. The summer of a patriarch
With “Camerata en guaguancó” (1983), he put a tailcoat on the rumba and that single piece, a work of transcultural ...
A sanctuary for jazz in Cuba: César López’s dream
There’s a place on Avenida del Puerto — number 52, between Jústiz and Obispo streets — that aspires to become ...
Issac Delgado: “Music only betrays you when you don’t believe in what you’re doing.”
The Cuban musician has just released his new album, “Mira como vengo,” after six years without releasing a record with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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,” ...
Brenda Navarrete: “I defend my roots”
A cultivator of Afro-Cuban music, she released her video clip “Iyalodde,” dedicated to Oshún, as part of a trilogy of ...
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 ...
Buena Vista Social Club album to give greater luster to Grammy Hall of Fame
The legendary album Buena Vista Social Club, which caused a worldwide hit in the 1990s, from New York to Tokyo, ...
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 ...
From panther to panther: Beyoncé Knowles and Juana Bacallao
“Leave her alone, nothing is going to happen to her. This is from panther to panther,” said the Cuban when ...
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 ...
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 ...
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