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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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On a day like today 20 February the wonderful Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927. He passed away 15 years ago but his memory lives on with so many great Cuban songs. He was a great singer of son but sang many boleros with buena vista social club. Which is your favourite Ibrahim Ferrer track?
Happy Birthday to the FAC Fábrica de Arte Cubano - in Havana - 7 years today!
Fatima Patterson is a top Cuban theatre actor, director and playwright, celebrating her 70th birthday this week. With her company Macuba she has dedicated the last 30 years to making amazing theatre embedded physically, narratively and spiritually in her home town of Santiago de Cuba. In this recent interview she talks about her approach to theatre, her themes, and her view on the way forward for artists out of the pandemic.
“Con todos, y para el bien de todos” (With everyone and for the benefit of everyone)
New documentary 'Castro's Spies' will make its debut in the UK screened online from 26 February as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.
From 19-24 January Cuba's world-renowned festival #JazzPlaza2021 is offering many hours of live performances, descargas, master classes and discussions online. What is on offer is incredible so if you are a Cuban music or jazz fan you must feast on it now!

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