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Havana Música presents: CubaVida A Celebration Of Cuban Music, 24 November 2023, Manchester

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

Jesus Batallan – the beating heart of Manchester’s Cuban music scene – and his 7-piece…

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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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Harold López-Nussa, 4-5 July 2023, London

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

‘Lopez-Nussa’s single-note grace is akin to Herbie Hancock’s and his two-fisted attacks are as joyous…

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

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  • 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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Ahmed Dickinson & Eduardo Martín ‘The Bridge’ UK tour April-May 2023

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/04/202301/06/2023

Tour of UK-based Cuban guitarist Ahmed Dickinson with Grammy nominee Cuban guitarist and composer Eduardo Martín.…

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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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Omar Puente’s Charanga Sextet – London, 22 June 2023

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

The virtuosity and charisma typical of Omar’s performances will merge with the flavour of traditional Charanga dance…

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Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, London 16 May 2023

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/04/202301/06/2023

Grammy-nominated artist, Alfredo Rodríguez, is a leader in the thriving Cuban music scene. The prodigiously…

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Eliades Ochoa – 30 April Cheltenham & 28 May Manchester

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/04/202301/06/2023

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

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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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Pablo Milanés – eternally Pablito

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  • Posted on 02/01/202319/01/2023

In recent months Cuba has been celebrating 50 years since the first festival of the…

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  • Cuban Music

Afro-Cuban roots-fusion group Sintesis wins Latin Grammy for ‘Ancestros Sinfonico’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/11/2022

This November Cuban supergroup Síntesis (‘synthesis’ in English) won a Latin Grammy ‘Best Folkloric album’…

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Cuba Negra with guitarist Ahmed Dickinson, 30 November, London

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  • Posted on 26/11/202219/01/2023

London’s new Africa Centre will host an intimate evening of Afro-Cuban music for guitar and strings, performed by the…

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