The renowned Cuban violinist Enrique Álvarez, who founded and led the iconic Charanga Latina, has died at the age of 73. He ...

African groups in Cuba, which Sublette traces to four distinct regions on the dark continent, kept a lot of their culture and traditions intact through the formation of cabildos, something like 'town ...

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Socialist Cuba, the birthplace of salsa and other rhythms that have conquered the world, is now surrendering to the invasion of South Korean pop music. Thirteen thousand kilometers ...

La biblioteca recibió apoyo federal del Fondo de Iniciativas Latinas, administrado por el Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense. Library purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, ...

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 ...

The son of Juan Formell, a giant of Cuban music, he found his own voice as a singer-songwriter. He died during a performance in New York. By Alex Williams Juan Carlos Formell, an acclaimed ...

A small group of Cuban musicians, together with the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, paid homage in Havana to salsa icon Celia Cruz ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Known to the world by his nickname, Cachao, bassist, composer and bandleader Israel Lopez died Saturday morning at Coral Gables Hospital of complications resulting from kidney ...

He was trained in the classics and jazz, but he helped popularize a new, danceable genre known as timba. By Neil Genzlinger José Luis Cortés, a Cuban musician who with his popular band, NG La Banda, ...

The 15th edition of Global Cuba Fest – presented by Miami Light Project and FUNDarte on March 5 and 12 – will offer a snapshot of the island’s music and culture constructed from images and sounds from ...