Cuban Music archivos - Havana Music School

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Much Cuban music can be talked about. From the different rhythms, instruments and their particular history to the mastery of their most...

The maraca is an instrument formed by a sphere, usually dried squash, filled with seeds that give it the particular sound it presents. A wooden...

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...

When in 2008 the Cabaret Turquino, belonging to the Hotel Habana Libre, exhibited the first performance of the orchestra Havana DPrimera, had just...