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Son music of Cuba

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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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Eliades Ochoa, star of Buena Vista Social Club, 11 November 2022, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/09/202219/01/2023

The Star of Buena Vista Social Club makes a rare London appearance. Eliades is known…

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  • Cuban Music

What is Son Cubano?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 21/07/202221/07/2022

Son is a vocal and instrumental dance genre, which constitutes one of the basic forms…

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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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  • Cuban Music

Cuban Legend Adalberto Álvarez Dies at 72

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/09/202118/10/2021

Celebrated Cuban composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor, Adalberto Álvarez died on September 1, 2021 of…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuba to celebrate first national day of Cuban Son music this 8 May

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/04/202125/06/2021

This May 8 Cuba will celebrate its first national Day of Cuban Son. This special…

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  • Cuban Music

Cubadisco music industry awards coming up May 2021 – with list of nominees

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/04/202106/07/2021

The program of activities and the list of nominees in the different categories of the…

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  • Cuban Music

8 May declared Day of the Cuban son

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/10/2020

May 8 has been declared ‘Day of the Cuban Son’ in homage to this music-dance…

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Singer from Bayamo Jose Alberto ‘the nightingale’ releases new song

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/05/202004/08/2020

Renowned Cuban music star José Alberto Tamayo Diaz a.k.a. “El Ruiseñor” (“nightingale”) releases his single  “Cualquiera…

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  • Cuban Dance

Want to learn or improve your Cuban style dancing in 2020? List of classes here

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/01/202030/12/2021

Here are some of the many classes all over the country offering Cuban salsa or…

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  • Past events

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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  • Cuban Music

Benny Moré – a hero for all Cubans

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 21/08/201904/08/2020

On an August day in 1919, 100 years ago, in the small town of Santa…

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  • Past events

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 Music

Juan Formell’s musical legacy and 50 Years of Los Van Van

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 25/07/201904/08/2020

Los Van Van is Cuba’s most famous dance music orchestra formed on December 4, 1969…

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  • Cuban Music

10 songs for Havana

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/12/201804/08/2020

Throughout 2019 Cuba’s capital city Havana will be celebrating its 500th anniversary of its foundation.…

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