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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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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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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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Review of ‘The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/07/202130/07/2021

The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics2nd edition, Duke University PressEditors: Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, Alfredo…

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  • Cuban Literature

‘A Miniature Garden’ New book of poetry from Cuban poet Anna Lidia Vega

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/07/202130/07/2021

Review of A Miniature Garden / Un Jardin en Miniature, Poems by Anna Lidia Vega…

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  • Cuban Music

Having a good time – review of CD Pupy y Los que Son Son: Pasandola Bien

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/01/2021

Cuban salsa maestro César Pedroso, otherwise known as Pupy, knows his audience. His tumbaos, the…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review: Roberto Fonseca: Yesun “The album I always wanted to make”

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/01/202018/07/2020

The first track on Roberto Fonseca’s 2001 breakthrough album ‘No Limit’ was dedicated to Yemaya,…

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  • Cuban Dance

Review of ‘Herencia’ documentary on Cuba’s African heritage

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/01/202024/09/2020

When Spanish journalist Ana Hurtado went to Cuba for the first time a few years…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review: Adalberto Álvarez y su son: Casino…el baile popular

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/10/201804/08/2020

This album of non-stop quality Cuban Casino dance music is a treasure for any lover…

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Biography of a Runaway Slave: book review

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/201818/11/2018

Given there are few written testimonies by enslaved people anywhere, this, “the first personal and…

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  • Cuban Literature

Review of The Book of Havana: A city in short fiction

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/07/201814/08/2018

The editor of this new collection of short stories by Cuban writers describes the essence…

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  • Cuban Film

Review of documentary Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/04/201806/06/2018

Everybody with a love for Cuban music knows about the phenomenon that was the Buena…

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  • Cuban Dance

A Salsa music hug: Cuban record label promotes salsa collaboration with Puerto Rico

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/11/201725/04/2018

Cuban record label promotes salsa collaboration with Puerto Rico with top Cuban singers Yumurí,Mayito Rivera, Haila, El Indio, Tania Pantoja and others

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CD review: Playing Lecuona Featuring Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Camilo

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 03/11/201717/10/2018

For many Cuban music fans, the name of Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) remains obscure at best – outside of Latin America he is often thought of as an opportunist who used Afro Cuban rhythms to spice up his many compositions.

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Happy International Workers Day 1 May! Here are some great Cuban graphic posters from the 1970s produced to mark the day, courtesy of Jose Marti national library archive in Havana.
A great loss for Cuban culture today with the news Jose Luis Cortes, well-loved Cuban musician and music innovator, leader of 90s dance music group NG Ia Banda and architect of timba, has passed away at the age of 70 in Havana. RIP El Tosco
UK tour 8 April - 21 May - Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas pairs up with his former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo Martin, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists to perform their own mix of jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro and traditional Cuban pieces.
Thursday 28 April London - UK Premiere of new feature film Mambo Man, set in Bayamo in rural eastern Cuba, with Cuban actors, the story follows the highs and lows of a local entrepreneur. Part moral tale, part musical showcase, you can’t resist the sumptuous cinematography and country music.
Catch a screening 19 April with Cuba Solidarity Brighton UK of 'Herencia’ (Inheritance) (2019) Director Ana Hurtado. A documentary by a Spanish filmmaker focusing on Cuba’s African heritage, with interviews with Cuban writers, artists, musicians and dancers.
London Tuesday 12 April 8pm - Cuban cinema fans can catch a special screening of the 1978 Cuban feature film ‘El Brigadista’ by director Octavio Cortazar, which centres on the trials and tribulations of a 15 year old sent to teach people in the countryside during the Literacy Campaign across the island in 1961. In person and online - book your places now. Hosted by @sandsfilmscinemaclub and Cuba Solidarity Campaign North London.

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Short doc on Cuban Art in London

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