For Cuban pianist Ivan “Melon” Lewis, all instruments should have a chance to be center stage. His project, the Cuban Swing Express, is made up of 10 musicians with no singer. Instead, the piano and ...

Reggaeton is one of the most popular genres amongst Cuban youth. Dec. 6, 2012— -- Cuba will punish musicians whose songs refer explicity to sexual acts or objectify women and ban such material ...

A hip-hop song has become the soundtrack to the protests happening in the embattled island nation A politically charged hip-hop song has become the backdrop for the civil unrest that has rocked Cuba ...

During the biggest anti-government protests on the island of Cuba in decades, protesters have been chanting words from a hip-hop song released earlier this year, calling for the end to Cuba's ...

Growing up near Havana in the 1950s and '60s, Heriberto "Tito" Gonzalez didn't think too much of traditional Cuban son music -- he would listen to Elvis Presley or whatever other rock, jazz or blues ...

Music reaches beyond borders and time. It connects families, communities and the world. Cuban music takes it roots from Europe and Africa, but it also has greatly influenced the last century of ...

A British high court is considering a case that involves a dispute over copyright royalties for the Cuban songs featured on the Buena Vista Social Club album released in 1997. An American publishing ...

With several Juno, Latin Grammy and Grammy Awards to his credit, Cuba has gained a lengthy list of professional admirers as ...

“I am Cuban; I can’t disconnect myself, even if I wanted to, from the Cuban reality and I talk about these issues because I’m interested,” Rodríguez said by way of introducing his song “ Emigrante ” ...

During Cuba’s so-called Special Period, the terrible economic crisis that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, Willy Chirino’s song “Ya viene llegando” became a hymn of hope for many Cubans who ...

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A politically charged hip-hop song has become the backdrop for the civil unrest that has rocked Cuba this summer. Also Read:Biden backs protesters in Cuba, urges communist leaders to ‘hear’ their ...