Based on real-life events and people, Buena Vista Social Club features many characters and lots of great Cuban music. It takes such skill to reflect music of a bygone era, even more to sound fresh and ...

Larry Mantle takes a musical journey through Cuban music with journalist and author Jory Farr. Farr began studying Cuban music over a decade ago and traveled to Cuba to conduct interviews and immerse ...

HAVANA — In a rattan chair with a large oval backrest, almost like a throne, the 94-year-old “Diva” of Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, sat in her home in Cuba as she reminisced about her ...

Cuban musicians have been dispersed around the world for more than half a century while seeking freedom and opportunity, but the family-like ties binding them together endure. Those ties and brilliant ...

Whether it's art, music, dancing, or theater, the Seacoast entertainment scene has it all for you this weekend. Head to Portsmouth Music and Arts Center for an artist talk, dance the evening away to ...

HAVANA — Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, filling a concert hall in downtown Havana with a hypnotic form of ...

Today, Ivan released “Cubahia" featuring composer/percussionists Gilmar Gomes and Gustavo Didalva. The track mixes Cuban and Brazilian music and is another love story blending music, language, and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Beyond the Cuban diaspora, the genre known as reparto is overwhelmingly unknown. But on the streets of Havana and ...

NEW YORK CITY — A 21-year-old South Florida star is shining in a five-time Tony-award-winning Broadway musical centered on a love of Cuban music that transcends politics. Wesley Wray, a University of ...

HAVANA — In a rattan chair with a large oval backrest, almost like a throne, the 94-year-old “Diva” of Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, sat in her home in Cuba as she reminisced about her ...