Born in Guanabacoa, Havana City, Ángel Gastón Joya Perellada comes from an artists’ family. He started playing piano when he was only four years old and...
Yaima Sáez Bejarano, is an outstanding singer of Cuban music originally from the Cuban province of Camagüey. University Graduate in Physical Culture, comes to the world...
For more than a half-century, the embrace between Cuba and the United States has been subject to an odd dance of politics, including a still-standing embargo....
Before she picks up her violin and walks onstage, Yilian Cañizares pays homage to her ancestors. Candles are lit. Prayers are said, and offerings made. Then...
L. Peter Deutsch – 1: Dance to the Revolution, 2: Where Everything is Music; Conrado Monier – 3: Canto del Bongó; Adalberto Álvarez – 4: Gozando...
It takes more than academic proficiency in music to arrive at the source of its splendour and few American musicians know that better than Michael Eckroth....
Born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1944, multi-percussionist Orestes Vilató is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion. His unique style on...
Drumming is as universal and personal as life itself. This book comes from a great sense of passion and love – a “love story” dedicated to...
From Cuba, Dafnis Prieto’s revolutionary drumming techniques and compositions have had a powerful impact on the music landscape, nationally and internationally. His various awards and honors...
Paquito D’Rivera defies categorization. The winner of fourteen GRAMMY Awards, he is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical...
Yissy García–a composer and drummer- is one of the most powerful artists of this new generation of Cuban musicians. There is a lot of groove in...
Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as...
“Casi Muero” with Orquesta Aragón, first single from Cuba Linda, Maite Hontelé’s fifth album recorded at Egrem in Havana Cuba, mixed and mastered at Merlín Producciones...
This record, Cub(an)ism by Aruán Ortiz is a mighty sojourn and follows a somewhat wayward hurricane-like path covering many continents. But if a survey were to...
“Promising newcomer Dayramir González can be added to the pantheon of distinctive Cuban jazz voices. This Afro-Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger is setting the Latin jazz...