When the Buena Vista Social Orchestra convened for its inaugural performance in August, few in attendance knew what to expect. Steven Machat did. Having assembled the entourage with bandleader Jesus ...
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 ...
BELLOWS FALLS -- The dynamic sounds of Cuban dance music will come to Bellows Falls on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.. at Stone Church Arts, as Septeto Tipico Tivoli continues its Vermont tour. In a concert ...
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 ...
HAVANA (AP) — 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 ...
Growing up near Havana in the 1950s and '60s, Heriberto "Tito" Gonzalez didn't think too much of traditional Cuban son music -- he would listen to Elvis Presley or whatever other rock, jazz or blues ...