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Cuba is a country recognized by its great musicians and sonorities; also for its training schools. However, from time to time, self-taught figures...

When we talk about the musical revolution in Cuba after 59, we should always mention the Nueva Trova movement. Within this musical phenomenon...

Percussion in Cuba, as we know it today, has its origins in the first African slaves residing on the island. With their arrival came also their...

When in the sixteenth century Spain began the slave trade into the new world, never thought that it was carrying out what is now known as cultural...

The jazz singer Dayme Arocena is a revelation for those who have a different concept of Cuban music. Her charisma and vocal talent, coupled with...

The history of the drums in Cuba goes back to the times before the Spanish conquest. The aborigines of the island possessed a kind of drum whose...

According to the specialized critic, on stage Laritza Bacallao resembles an erupting volcano. However, far from him, is a simple, jovial young...

The cajón has its origin in the Peru of the nineteenth century, although it could date from a time before. Its use in the Caribbean music of...

It is true that we Cubans carry in the rhythm in their blood and this historical fact has been demonstrated by the great amount of artists and...

Silvio Rodriguez Domínguez is the artist who was chosen in Cuba along with Ernesto Lecuona as the best Cuban composer of the 20th century and...

The Nueva Trova is a musical-aesthetic phenomenon born in the second half of the 60s in Cuba. Enriched with songs of the Traditional Trova, the...

Paulo Fernández Gallo or Paulo FG (his stage name), does not want to digress in metaphors because he considers direct language to be more...