Reporting from SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — “Solo quiero conectarme la Wi-Fi.” That’s the hook from a new song by the Barcelona-based, Afro-Cuban singer and producer Kumar Sublevao-Beat. And throughout ...
The Bay Area has been a hotbed for Cuban music for more than half a century, and despite the persistent cold war freeze on relations with the communist-ruled nation, the temperature here keeps rising.
SHEBOYGAN - It will be a hot night, even though it's in November, when Cuba’s most popular dance company, Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, comes to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday ...
Ra-ka-TAN, ra-ka-TANRA-ka-tan. This rhythm propels the members of the Cuban dance troupe Havana Rakatan as they mark tempo during rehearsals. “ ‘Rakatan’ means rhythm, power and movement,” said ...
WASHINGTON — In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy managed the Cuban Missile Crisis. DC Casineros is just one of the acts performing at the Kennedy Center's "Artes de Cuba." (Yoav Magid) Over the ...
Like music in New Orleans and Louisiana, Cuban music runs generation to generation. Traditional music groups in the Caribbean island nation can consist solely of family members. Also like New Orleans ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's artists are rising to the occasion during the coronavirus lockdown, taking to rooftops and balconies to create music or dance. A pair of twins in the Acosta Dance Company are ...
This weekend, a culture lover could trek to Korea, then Cuba, then China or simply hang out at Flushing Town Hall and experience the greatness of all these countries. On Friday, the Northern Boulevard ...
Trumpeter Jesus Alemañy joined the great Cuban son revivalists Sierra Maestra at 15 and quickly made a name for himself with his pure tone and prodigious technique. After he settled in London in 1992, ...
The Cubano Inter-Americano Club kicked off the Fiesta del Mamoncillo this afternoon, a day long celebration of Cuban music, dance, and food at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen. Located at the southwest ...
Upon arriving in Cuba recently for the 3rd International Scientific Convention of Cienfuegos, SUNY Cortland junior Madison Houghton and classmates experienced something akin to Bollywood or the set of ...