Remember "Buena Vista Social Club," the album? Even if you don't, now there's "Buena Vista Social Club," the musical, an exuberant blast from the past – old Cuban music for a new audience. The ...
HAVANA -- Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, ...
A 21-year-old South Florida star is shining in a five-time Tony-award-winning Broadway musical centered on a love of Cuban ...
At the 2025 auditions of The Voice Spain, 30-year-old Cuban artist Andrés James captivated the audience with a lively ...
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous article misidentified the schools where Mike Davison attended and taught. HAVANA — Two decades after the debut of the Buena Vista Social Club, it’s still ...
The phenomenon has led to the rise of new genres, including the highly commercial “reparto," a genre that originated in Havana’s working-class neighborhoods and is known for its explicit lyrics ...
This year's Latin Grammy nominations — no surprise — are led by Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera and Sebastian Yatra. But the big surprise is in the best new artist category. Among several young upstarts ...
Many of its arrangements incorporate the Cuban clave, that rhythmic pattern that has been the backbone of genres such as son, rumba, and salsa. It’s as if, unwittingly, young people are dancing on the ...
Born and bred in Taiwan, Vincent Tsung-Yu Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with his Taiwanese roots. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz ...