Para el músico cubano Andy Rubal a veces todo lo que se necesita para dejar atrás un mal momento es un poco de salsa. El ...
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Socialist Cuba, the birthplace of salsa and other rhythms that have conquered the world, is now surrendering to the invasion of South Korean pop music. Thirteen thousand kilometers ...
Many young musicians in Cuba were puzzled when the nostalgia of the Buena Vista Social Club became a commercial phenomenon a few years ago, earning dollars and Grammys for its aging artists. Some even ...
The PUBLICITY photos for the new album by Alonso Brito have that air of Havana hipness that has cloaked many contemporary artists coming from the island. It’s a chic mystique derived from that ...
MIAMI (AP) – In his most famous song, "The Bridge," Cuban salsa singer Manuel "Manolín" González croons about creating a bridge between Miami and Havana. "A bridge made up of long sleeves," he sings. ...
New York's Latin music giant Joe Cuba died Sunday at age 78, after a long illness. As prolific as he was influential, Cuba was one of the main pioneers of the Latin soul movement in the 1960s, which ...
The Cheetah Club on Broadway and 53rd Street was the “granddaddy of the big commercial disco,” wrote cultural historian Steven Watson in his 2003 book, “Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties.” Warhol ...
NEW YORK - Celia Cruz, who went from singing in Havana nightclubs to become the "Queen of Salsa," died Wednesday, her publicist said. Cruz, who was 77, died of a brain tumor. She had surgery for the ...