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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 Dance

Audience review of ‘Nutcracker in Havana’ by Acosta Danza

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 09/05/202506/06/2025

Lowry Theatre Salford, 28 January 2025 Nutcracker in Havana was one of the best dance…

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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

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 Literature

Cuban culture books – literature and poetry

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/11/202321/11/2023

Looking for Cuban literature for gifts? Here is a range of short stories to poetry.…

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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

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

London Lucumi Choir: Iya – Songs for the Mothers

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/04/202307/07/2023

Album review by Dave Willetts The London Lucumi Choir is a community project founded 17…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review – Eliades Ochoa: Vamos a Bailar un Son

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 19/01/202319/01/2023

CD/vinyl, World Circuit, October 2022 As a key member of the Buena Vista Social Club,…

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  • Reviews

Book review – Jose Marti Reader Writings on the Americas

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 05/01/202319/01/2023

Pub. Ocean Press To mark 170 years this January since the birth in Havana in…

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  • Cuban Literature

5 books for Summer reading on Cuban culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/202219/01/2023

We recommend these 5 books for your Summer reading on Cuban culture – from short…

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  • Cuban Literature

Review: Yoruba from Cuba – Selected Poems by Nicolás Guillén

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/07/202201/06/2023

This exemplary book of the selected poetry of Nicolás Guillén, Cuba’s first ‘national poet’, contains…

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Review of film: Mambo Man

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 10/04/2022

Back in 2017 UK music producer Mo Fini set out to make a film set…

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  • Reviews

Review of Buena Vista Social Club 25th Anniversary edition album

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/10/2021

A quarter of a century ago, Nick Gold and Juan de Marcos González, along with…

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  • Reviews

Cuba Music and Revolution – Culture clash in Havana Cuba: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 28/07/202130/07/2021

Review of CD: Cuba Music and Revolution – Culture clash in Havana Cuba: Experiments in…

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