The inimitable pianist, Rafael Zaldivar – like almost every Afro-Cuban musician – has never really left his heritage behind, no matter how far from his home...
The alto saxophonist Luis Deniz may have been a relatively late Cuban arrival in Canada, descending upon the music scene in Toronto in 2004. However, the...
This recording – Forever Lecuona – is a glorious tribute to the great 19th century Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona – glorious because of the performance of...
Cuban Canadian Piano Master, GRAMMY® nominated and multiple JUNO AWARDS winner, Hilario Durán, announces his upcoming Live Concerts in USA and Canada. Durán will be performing...
Cuban-born, Toronto-based Saxophonist and Composer Luis Deniz Stuns On His Introspective Debut Release El Tinajón, due out on May 27th, 2022 via Modica Music Modica Music...
Guitarist, Vocalist, Composer, Arranger & Band Leader Luis Mario Ochoa releases new album – FOREVER LECUONA – on April 6, 2022, in tribute to “The Gershwin of...
A Musical Journey of Love, Friendship and the Power of Imagination The Cuban is a “a story of how the power of music knows no barriers”....
Cuban pianist/composer Hilario Durán makes his instrument sound like an orchestra and this virtuoso style makes him a favorite of legendary compatriot Chucho Valdés. With his...
If you’re not a Cuban musician living in Toronto chances are you might not have heard a great deal about Amhed Mitchel. But that would be...
If the idiocy of so-called “cultural appropriation” were to be taken any more seriously than it is right now, would that ever make it possible for...
Alexander Brown is a truly gifted trumpeter. The Cuban-born Canadian, of African Cuban heritage plays with breathtaking honesty. There is a great unquenchable fire in his...
It seems both significant and appropriate that the eminent rumbero, Jorge Luis Torres Paumier “Papiosco” should choose the iconic “Iroko” tree as the title for his...
There are few young musicians who embrace their music with as much mysticism as the Cuban-born, Toronto...
Since its inception in the local music circuit in 2002, Lula Lounge, a club with a vision, has become one of the most important hubs for...