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Six Unforgettable Queens of Cuban Music

Cuban music is all about rhythm and melody, its children carry the taste in their blood and they exteriorize it with the gift featured by sensitive people when it comes to spreading their feelings by means of sounds. Cuban women have specifically known how to inspire,...

Cienfuegos, the City Benny Moré Praised as his Favorite

Cienfuegos is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful cities in Cuba. It was dubbed the Pearl of the South, after a song by Cuban music icon Benny Moré, who immortalized it in his lyrics as “the city that I like the most”. “I cannot imagine my...

These 5 Musical Ensembles Are Keeping The Legend of Cuban Music Alive

In a short period of time, Cuban music has lost legends such as César “Pupy” Pedroso, Adalberto Álvarez and José Luis Cortés, el “Tosco”. For decades, these icons produced many of the most popular songs among Cuban dancers. Their passing undoubtedly leaves an enormous...

Buena Vista Social Club, a Symbol of the Power of Traditional Cuban Music

Twenty-seven years ago, the album Buena Vista Social Club rekindled international interest in traditional Cuban music. For Juan de Marcos González, one of the creative minds behind the project, the album can be considered “a symbol of the power of Cuban...

The Alternative Music Scene in Cuba Opens Up to the World and Breaks Barriers

Alternative music in Cuba is heard and danced increasingly more and better. The support of traditional labels for these new and unique styles is still insufficient, but young people have found in independent productions a new way to bring their creations to larger...