The passing of celebrated Malian flautist, composer and arranger Boncana Maïga at the age of 77 truly marks the end of an era ...
To honor the closing of the exhibition Luis Cruz Azaceta: What a Wonderful World, VicJcom will perform contemporary Cuban music at Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Thursday, July 21, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Cuban pianist Omar Sosa arrived in the Bay Area in 1995 by way of Ecuador with a few dollars in his pocket and not a single musical contact. Unknown in the U.S., he was an outlier even back home in ...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, filling a concert hall in downtown Havana with a hypnotic form of ...
Gente de Zona became the first Cuban duo to sell out the coveted Kaseya Center in Miami earlier this month, where they performed for over 14,000 fans in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The duo’s ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Local band Conjunto Philadelphia brings the music of pre-revolutionary Cuba to life, at venues across the area, including a standing gig at Bolo Restaurant in Rittenhouse every ...
The 14-piece sound that is ¡Cubanismo! performs at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 10, at Vail Square. In addition to bandleader Jesus Alemany on trumpet, the ensemble features three vocalists – Alina Vila, ...
Cuban music is a combination of Spanish décima poetry and African music and rhythms, but we know that the driving forces in Cuban music are the African polyrhythms, not the poetry. Some might say that ...
Ensemble Arts Philly presents the dynamic and legendary ensemble band, Afro-Cuban All Stars, at the Miller Theater on Oct. 19. The Afro-Cuban All Stars, led by Juan de Marcos, are known for their ...
HAVANA — Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, filling a concert hall in downtown Havana with a hypnotic form of ...
Ruthie Meadows, ethnomusicologist, writer and associate professor of ethnomusicology within the College of Liberal Arts, has been named as one of the two 2025-2026 Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished ...