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Artist Profiles: Caridad Hierrezuelo

Angel Romero April 27, 2018 No Comments Caridad HierrezueloCubaCuban music

Caridad Hierrezuelo was born in the capital of son, Santiago de Cuba, in 1924. She was still one of Cuba´s most fascinating singers. Caridad Hierrezuelo…

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Artist Profiles: Camerata Romeu

Angel Romero April 27, 2018 No Comments Camerata RomeuCubaCuban musicwestern classical music

Camerata Romeu is a renowned all-female chamber music ensemble founded in 1993 by the Fundación Pablo Milanes. It’s led by Zenaida Romeu, one of the…

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Artist Profiles: Cachaíto

Angel Romero April 26, 2018 No Comments CachaítoCubaCuban music

Bassist Candelario Orlando López Vergara, better known as Cachaíto, was born on February 2, 1933 in Havana, Cuba. He was best known worldwide as the…

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Artist Profiles: Cándido Camero

Angel Romero April 26, 2018 No Comments Cándido CameroCubaCuban musicpercussion

Cándido de Guerra Camero, better known as Cándido Camero, was born in 1921 in a Havana barrio called El Cerro. Cándido was initially a multi-instrumentalist,…

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Artist Profiles: Buena Vista Social Club

Angel Romero April 26, 2018 No Comments Buena Vista Social ClubCubaCuban music

In 1996, American guitarist Ry Cooder went to Cuba in search of the music he had heard on old Cuban recordings: sones, mambos, guajiras, etc.…

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Artist Profiles: Bola de Nieve

Angel Romero April 25, 2018 No Comments Bola de NievebolerosCubaCuban music

Cuban singer, pianist and songwriter Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was born born September 11, 1911 in Guanabacoa, Cuba. He was best known by his nickname…

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Artist Profiles: Bobi Céspedes

Angel Romero April 25, 2018 No Comments Bobi CéspedesCubaCuban music

Gladys “Bobi” Céspedes was born in Cuba and emigrated to the States in 1959. In 1967 she was initiated as a Yoruba-Lucumi priestess. She now…

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Artist Profiles: Bobby Carcasses

Angel Romero April 25, 2018 No Comments Bobby CarcassesCubaCuban music

Roberto Carcassés, better known as Bobby Carcassés, is a Cuban jazz multi-instrumentalist, and scat master. Bobby Carcassés was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on August 29,…

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Artist Profiles: Barbarito Torres

Angel Romero April 25, 2018 No Comments Barbarito TorresCubaCuban musiclute

Bárbaro Alberto Torres Delgado, better known as Barbarito Torres, was born in 1956 in Matanzas, Cuba. Barbarito Torres is recognized as one of the world’s…

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Artist Profiles: Bamboleo

Angel Romero April 25, 2018 No Comments BamboleoCubaCuban music

Bamboleo was formed back in 1995, during the heydays of new groups such as NG La Banda, Manolin el Médico, Paulito and La Charanga Habanera.…

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