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 ...

Havana, Cuba - Behind Closed Doors. Season 5 Episode 502 | 26m 45s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Dance, Art, and Music are helping to usher Cuba into a new future. Aired 11/01/2024 | Expires 10 ...

Cuba just endured a nationwide blackout of the electric grid, ... I am reminded of the type whenever I visit Israel — only Cuba, back then, had better food and way better music than Israel ever did.

The name derives from the barrios or housing projects in Cuba, where aspiring artists would create their own homemade reggaetón and sing about street life powered by local slang. The genre’s ...

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 ...

"That music, the food, the dance, it's so rooted in the African heritage," said Jacobo Lovo, Managing Artistic Director of Latino Arts Inc. "We go to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, all those ...

At that precise moment, Osorbo was sitting in Kilo 5 Y Medio, a maximum-security prison in the rural, tobacco-rich region of Pinar del Río, Cuba, far from the glamour and glitterati of the awards ...

A little bit of Cuba: Team Havana brings the music of its motherland to 'Salsa Under the Stars' Rozanna M. Martinez, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Thu, July 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM UTC. 3 min read.

Cuba said on Wednesday illegal drug use is rising on the Caribbean island, a blow to the communist-run nation that has for decades prided itself on controlling the illicit traffic and use of ...

Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving a warning to President Biden by sending a fleet of warships to Cuba. Putin has threatened to arm U.S. neighbors.

String music’s loss became Latin music’s gain. Gomez went on to musical conservatory, studying the piano and the classics in Cuba. He eventually left the country — under duress — and since ...