HAVANA. ERIKA: IN CUBA, A LOVE OF MUSIC IS CULTIVATED AT AN EARLY AGE. AT THE CONSERVATORY, STUDENTS BURSTING WITH RAW TALENT FINE TUN ETHEIR SKILL. >> I HOPE TO BE A GREAT MUSICIAN. I HAVE TO BE A ...
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 ...
The Trombone Shorty Foundation is spreading the reach of its mission overseas to provide children music education. In January, the New Orleans-based foundation traveled to Cuba to participate in an ...
Explore and celebrate the music that emerged from the introduction of enslaved African peoples to the Caribbean islands. The concert ranges from re-creations of the earliest known performance pieces, ...
Join the trickster, the warrior, the mother and a host of talented local performers this Sunday for a free concert featuring traditional Afro-Cuban music. Most of the talent comes from the Bakersfield ...
SARAH WILLIS first visited Havana in February 2017. She was working in Miami with the New World Symphony Orchestra and figured she may as well take the hour-long flight across the Strait of Florida, ...
Historic Panart Records sessions have been remastered and collected in a new five volume set. The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions were recorded at various locations around Havana from 1956 to 1964 for the ...