The most adventurous production out of Cuba of late is a revisionist take on the venerable rumba. At the MIDEM conference in Cannes last month, producer Cary Diez of the Havana label BIS Music ...

Rumba, a potent, percussion-driven blend of African and Spanish influences, emerged as a distinctive tradition in late 19th-century Cuba, providing the template for much of the island’s popular music ...

James Baker traces the history of the rumba and other Latin rhythms in early Broadway musicals on this episode of "Momentos ...

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.

Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. —Andrew Fletcher, 1703. In the politically violent land of Cuba there is often some doubt as to who, exactly, is writing the laws.

John Ryle is the anthropology and ecology editor of the (London) Times Literary Supplement “There is nothing more contemporary, nothing more now in Paris these days than the abrupt and unexpected ...

Ensemble Arts Philly presents the dynamic and legendary ensemble band, Afro-Cuban All Stars, at the Miller Theater on Oct. 19. The Afro-Cuban All Stars, led by Juan de Marcos, are known for their ...

When Asori Soto’s family returned to Havana after six years in New York City, where his father worked for the United Nations, the 11-year-old suffered culture shock. “There was nothing,” Soto recalls ...

The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero), with its hot, catchy rhythm between a jig and a tango, has started an invasion. Don Azpiazu’s Havana Orchestra brought the song north last year, played it with other ...

From Bebeshito to Wampi, meet some of the gems behind el reparto scene. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Gente de Zona became the first Cuban duo to sell out the coveted Kaseya Center in Miami ...

When I call him on Thursday morning, September 22, Pedrito Martinez is sitting in his New York City home, preparing for a trip. Come Friday night, September 23, he will be sitting behind his drum kit ...