Nora la Bella may not be the only recording where an operatic soprano has made a crossover from the classical realm into music of another idiom...
2013 was a remarkably good year for the New York music scene and a particularly good year for Cuban music. Producer Dita Sullivan presented an intriguing...
“Sambumbia” is Caribbean slang for a concoction or mixture of elements that create something new, much like Ray Viera’s music, which contains influences from “each corner...
One of the most endearing aspects of the great Afro-Cuban bands of the past—bands like those led by Mario Bauzá and Machito—was the fact that their...