Yosvany Terry was born in Cuba. He received his earliest musical training from his father, Eladio “Don Pancho” Terry, violinist and Cuba’s leading player of…
Artist Profiles: Yosvany Terry
Tag: Cuban music
Artist Profiles: Yusa
Born in the Buena Vista district of today’s Playa and growing up in the modern Alamar housing community of east Havana, Yusa’s childhood was spent…
Artist Profiles: Vocal Sampling
Vocal Sampling is a band where all the instruments are sung instead of played. In addition to the lead vocals and the background choruses, all…
Artist Profiles: Vocal Baobab
Havana-based folklore group Vocal Baobab, taking their name from the Baobab, sacred tree of Africa, are known for their own highly individual take on Afro-Cuban…
Artist Profiles: Vieja Trova Santiaguera
The original Vieja Trova Santiaguera quintet was the living embodiment of a musical tradition with roots in the nineteenth century. The five members of this…
Artist Profiles: Valle Son
Valle Son is a 7 piece group from the rural village of Viñales in the lush tobacco-growing highlands of Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province…
Artist Profiles: Tony Martínez
Tony Martínez is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and arranger with an intimate knowledge of even the most obscure Afro-Cuban rhythmic traditions. The broad view…
Artist Profiles: Ramon Valle
Ramón Valle (born 1964) was only seven years old when he began studying the piano at the Escuela Provincial de Arte in his home town…
Artist Profiles: Son 14
Founded in 1978 by Tiburon (The Shark), one of Cuba’s leading soneros, Adalberto Alvarez and Lázaro Rosabal, Son 14 was one of the most important…
Artist Profiles: Sindo Garay
Sindo Garay was born April 12 of 1867 in Santiago of Cuba. He was the main figure in traditional Cuban trova. Garay was an extraordinary…