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CD Review: Eternamente Omara

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/11/202501/11/2025

The title of this new album by Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, suggests the signing off…

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  • Cuban Music

Ibrahim Ferrer: Bolero singer and sonero

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 05/08/202518/09/2025

By Grisel Chirino Martínez for Radio Cadena Habana Music marked Ibrahim Ferrer from the very…

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  • Cuban Music

Interview with Cuban singer songwriter Silvio Rodríguez: “I am from a marginalized country persecuted for being rebellious”

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/06/202506/06/2025

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio is set to return to Chile to perform later this year. In…

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  • Cuban Music

Review: Cimafunk: Paʼ Tu Cuerpa

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/02/2025

Cimafunk: Paʼ Tu Cuerpa (Mala Cabeza Records, 2024) Cimafunk has come a long way since…

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  • Cuban Music

Cubadisco Awards 2024 – with links to winning albums

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 11/06/202408/05/2025

The Cuban music industry awards festival this May 10-17 celebrated country music and Colombia was…

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  • Cuban Music

Review: Grupo Irakere

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/02/202422/07/2025

Irakere is an Afro-Cuban jazz group with legendary status. Founded in 1973 by pianist Chucho…

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  • Cuban Music

Review of album Roberto Fonseca: La Gran Diversión

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/11/202303/11/2024

Pianist Roberto Fonseca has long had an international reputation as one of the hottest products…

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  • Cuban Music

Cubans among nominees for Latin Grammy Awards 2023

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 22/09/202302/07/2024

Buena Vista Social Club diva, Omara Portuondo, was amongst the selection of Cuban artists nominated…

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  • Cuban Music

Alexander Abreu and a Havana D’Primera album – with love for Pueblo Grifo

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/09/202308/09/2023

Alexander Abreu, the renowned trumpet player, singer and director of the Cuban timba group Havana…

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  • Cuban Music

Winners of the Cubadisco 2023 awards

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/07/202325/01/2024

The Cubadisco 2023 International Music Industry Fair, a competition with awards in many categories plus…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review: Eliades Ochoa: Guajiro

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/07/202325/01/2024

CD, World Circuit, Released May 2023 Eliades Ochoa is the outstanding veteran traditional singer and…

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  • Cuban Music

Chucho Valdes Quartet, 2-4 October 2023, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/07/202330/10/2023

In a rich career spanning 60 years, pianist Chucho has pushed boundaries in pursuit of…

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  • Cuban Music

Eliades Ochoa, 29 October 2023, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/07/202320/11/2023

The star of Buena Vista Social Club, known as Mr Chan Chan in his hometown…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuban duo Buena Fe sings of love and reconciliation, affirms musician Israel Rojas

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/05/202307/07/2023

This May Cuban group Buena Fe while touring Spain has been subjected to insults and…

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  • Cuban Music

EGREM: 60 years of making people ‘Feel the Music’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/04/202305/05/2023

This April Cuba’s national recording studio EGREM is celebrating its 60th year. Founded in 1964…

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