Cuban Music archivos - Havana Music School

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

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

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...

There are many who see Cuba not only as a tourist destination, but as a place to take percussion classes in Havana. This does not surprise anyone...

Born in Matanzas, Vania Borges comes from a family of musicians: her father was an oboist, her mother a singer and one of her cousins, a member of...

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...