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Buena Vista Social Club special screening plus Q&A with Nick Gold, 29 October 2021, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/10/202122/12/2021

Special screening from 35mm film of the documentary ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ to mark the…

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Competition: Win the Buena Vista Social Club 25th Anniversary Edition double album!

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/10/202122/12/2021

You could win a copy of the new Buena Vista Social Club 25th Anniversary double…

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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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Special Cuba50 offer on tickets for Eliades Ochoa concert in London 26 February 2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 13/12/201926/02/2020

The legendary Cuban musician Eliades Ochoa is set to perform at London’s Barbican on 26…

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Win tickets to see Eliades Ochoa in London 26 February

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 24/10/201920/07/2020

We have a hot pair of tickets courtesy of promoters ComoNo to give away to…

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Eliades Ochoa – London, 26 February 2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/08/201919/05/2020

  The former Buena Vista Social Club™ kingpin makes a rare London appearance and his…

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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 Music

La Linea London Latin Music Festival Returns in 2018 with Eliades Ochoa, Ariwo and more

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/11/201718/07/2018

“La Linea has spent years building an impressive international reputation as one of the world’s…

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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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