Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant-classic, ...
One of many byproducts of the U.S.'s paternalistic-turned-antagonistic treatment of its southern neighbor is that few in the U.S. are really aware of the rich, storied Cuban musical scene that ...
To hear reparto in Havana, you don't have to go far. It's playing in every taxi, every café lining La Habana Vieja, on Friday nights at Don Cangrejo and Saturday mornings at Mio y Tuyo. A homemade mix ...
GRAMMY winner Aymée Nuviola turns two nights at Ronnie Scott’s into a live album that places Cuban music inside a legendary ...
Fabio Abreu, left, and his brother Diego Abreu pose for a photo after their performance at La Fábrica de Arte Cubano, an art gallery and club in Havana, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. HAVANA — Cuban ...
Cuci Amador, left, and Tony Laurencio, right, are Afrobeta. The Miami duo stars in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. You can watch it now on PBS online.
Cuban Musicians, US Ambassador Pay Homage to 'Queen of Salsa' Celia Cruz HAVANA (Reuters) -A small group of Cuban musicians, together with the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, paid homage in Havana to salsa ...
Alex Cuba, born Alexis Puentes, thrives on a free-flowing creative process. The Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter “receives” his inspiration in moments when music is the last thing on his mind. If he’s ...
Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. —Andrew Fletcher, 1703. In the politically violent land of Cuba there is often some doubt as to who, exactly, is writing the laws.
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a ...
Mark Cuban joined Billboard On The Record for the first-ever live taping of the podcast at SXSW to share his take on the music industry — and why breaking through as an artist has never been harder.
A New Generation of Musicians Is Revitalizing the Music Scene in Cuba HAVANA (AP) — Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, ...