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Music 'Us and the Cubans, our music and our people are the same' When a group of New Orleans musicians made the trip to Cuba, there was no need for an interpreter. 00:00 00:00 ...
On a road trip across the island, music is everywhere and each region moves to its own defining rhythm. Text by Shannon Sims Photographs and Video by Todd Heisler Sept. 29, 2019 On a road trip ...
AUGUST BROWN goes to Cuba to check out the Manana Cuba festival, the country's first electronic music festival since relations between the country were relaxed. The festival made a concerted ...
It uses an African rhythm coupled with Spanish poetic styles and the use of plucked instruments, and dates back to the 1700s. The music doesn’t stop there as mambo, timba and many other types of song ...
BBC DJ, label owner and global music tastemaker Gilles Peterson's series of album has set a bar for American producers now eyeing Cuba as a recording destination. Billboard caught up with the ...
The Cuba trek was organized by L.A.-based Festival Tours, a music-focused travel company started in the 1980s by Nancy Covey, former talent booker for McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica.
Cuba has long had a rich and varied musical life that includes European classical music. The Conservatory of Music in Cuba is named for an outstanding Cuban composer of the baroque era. You’ll ...
Woodard and the band will return to Cuba in November to teach a Go-Go masterclass as part of the Global Music Exchange program at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano. "Our whole band is going.
The music, with its heavy percussion, horns and Cuban vocals and chants, has a special effect on the audience. "It's unique,"she said. "It's way beyond me.
Cuba’s Music Industry Is Having a #MeToo Moment Alleged assaults by musicians have sparked a larger conversation on gender violence in the country.