Multi-ethnic band The Baboons is based in Miami and has absorbed many of the musical influences that characterize the most Latin American of US cities.…
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Artist Profiles: Afro Cuban All Stars
The Afro-Cuban All Stars were brought together by musical director Juan de Marcos González (leader of the son group Sierra Maestra and mastermind behind the…
La salsa tiene mi son by Elito Revé y su Charangón Wins the Cubadisco 2016 Grand Prize
La salsa tiene mi son by Elito Revé y su Charangón won the Popular Dancing Music at Cubadisco 2016. Other winners include Vamos pa’l monte…
Artist Profiles: Addys D’Mercedes
Cuban singer Addys D’Mercedes grew up in Oriente, the southern, rural part of Cuba. At local parties she heard her father playing sones and guajiras…
Artist Profiles: Adalberto Alvarez
Adalberto Cecilio Álvarez Zayas, better known as Adalberto Álvarez, was born in Havana on November 22, 1948 For the past decades, Adalberto Álvarez was passionately…
Succulent Salsa
Conjunto Sabrosura – Moña Pa’ Mi Bongó (Sabrosura Music, 2013) Conjunto Sabrosura delivers an album of mostly original songs deeply inspired by classic New York-style…
The Oldest Working Cuban Musician El Guayabero Dies at 95
Holguín, Cuba – According to Cuban sources, Faustino Oramas, better known as El Guayabero, the oldest working musician in Cuba, died today in Holguín (Cuba)…