Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Zahili Zamora shares music that celebrates her background. Pianist and vocalist Zahili Gonzalez Zamora, electric bassist and vocalist Gerson Lazo-Quiroga, drummer ...

You can find many groups who call themselves “Afro-Cuban All Stars." But few have the pedigree of this ensemble led by vocalist Juan de Marcos, co-architect of the legendary Cuban roots Buena Vista ...

Following the backlash of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights film adaptation, a larger conversation around colorism and representation of darker-skinned Afro-Latinx folks has emerged. Unfortunately, ...

When Afro-Cuban drummer Chano Pozo (b. 1915–1948) met jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (b. 1917–1993) in New York City, it was a meeting of two legends with musically explosive results. At the time, ...

Twenty-five-year-old Maxwell Alejandro Frost was elected as the first Generation Z (Gen Z) member of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, according to NPR. The progressive Democrat also made history by ...

Rebeca Mauleón loves to mix it up musically. A sterling San Francisco pianist and composer who's been a central figure on the Latin jazz scene since the 1980s, Mauleón writes music that merges sacred ...

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Last week's show featured a track by Latin music pioneer Joe Cuba and I promised to share the back story as to why we included it. Seems a DJ who goes by the name DJ Turmix is rocking clubs, parties ...