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P18's 'Electropica' Storm, Making Afro-Cuban Waves. By Fernando Gonzalez. July 20, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
Afro-Cuban funk artist Cimafunk makes music for the body on new album ‘Pa’ Tu Cuerpa ... The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, ...
It’s Cuban music released by Cubans.” Future Rootz and Canal Sounds have issued Yoyi only on vinyl—there’s no digital version—and for now they’ve pressed just 300 copies.
This tour stands to be the first in a new period of openness and appreciation for Cuban music, and perhaps the beginning of the end of the embargo itself," de Marcos smiles. Afro-Cuban All Stars ...
Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant ...
The Seattle band Anjuman combines the melodies of traditional East Indian music with the rhythmic vitality of Afro-Cuban drumming from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 29 at the Star ...
Cimafunk, a 35-year-old musician dubbed a "global ambassador" for Cuban music, has earned Grammy nominations three years in a row. Blending genres from Latin rock to Afro-Cuban funk, he creates ...
Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars Sun 2/26, 7:30 PM, Dominican University, Lund Auditorium, 7900 W. Division, River Forest, $35-$55, all ages We need to be upfront with you. The Reader is ...
CimaFest NOLA starts at 9 p.m. Friday, April 26, with Chucho Valdes, La Dame Blanche, X-Alfonso, Big Freedia and other surprise artists.
Join the trickster, the warrior, the mother and a host of talented local performers this Sunday for a free concert featuring traditional Afro-Cuban music. Most of the talent comes from the ...
More recently, he brought Cuban music to Off Broadway with “Buena Vista Social Club,” a musical based on the 1996 project with a script by Cuban American playwright Marco Ramirez. The ...