Originally from the Guantanamo province of Cuba, Xiomara Laugart began her career at the age of 15, performing several different expressions of traditional and contemporary Cuban...
The clave that is pronounced in Afro-Cuban music is almost stealthily present in Jazz and has been lurking secretly in that idiom ever since the music...
RETROSPECTIVE JULIÁN CABRERA was one of the funniest musicians I ever met. But he was also an incredibly talented percussionist and a fine human being. He...
On Friday, September 26, 2014, legendary Cuban Piano Master, Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés, offered a magnificent solo performance at the Flato...
They were called the “Queens of Havana” in the 30’s when it was anathema for young women to be seen at nightclubs, let alone perform there,...
René Avich Wanton, new exponent of the Tres guitar in Cuba. Winner of several national competitions: Festival Contest “Ignacio Piñeiro”, “Cubadisco Award 2011”, “Competition Ignacio Villa...
Manuel Valera: The wunderkind of the New Musical Express on music and life Although it may not have happened that way, pianist Manuel Valera seems to...
Omar Sosa has not sounded so melancholy, so soulful and so spiritual than he does on Senses, a solo piano record that he has made on...
To perceive the new proclivities of the Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa is to trace his seemingly mystical and musical voyage unto the recording he calls New...
With his roots in both Cuba and France, this thrilling young pianist displays an impressive maturity, which at merely thirty years old, will no doubt guarantee...
30 YEARS – A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF CUBA IN AMERICA is a milestone in the history of New Yor-Uba and the fruition of one of Michele...
Cuba’s foremost pianist Chucho Valdés – winner of five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards – has developed a brand new repertoire. Boasting a new...
“The piano is not a part of my body, it’s me. For me, music is Spirit.” – Bebo Valdés Celebrating the Life and Music of One...
This album, New Cuban Express is Cuban-American pianist, Manuel Valera’s attempt to redefine his relationship with Cuban music including the classic Cuban son and bolero as...
The work of a troubadour is never over. He traverses the world covering the geography of the liveliest hotspots on the earth as well as the...