Havana, Oct. 4 (RHC)-- Mexico’s Milenio newspaper paid tribute over the weekend to Cuba’s Buenavista Social Club on its 25th anniversary. It relates how Cuban musician and producer Juan de Marcos, British Nick Gold and American guitarist Ry Cooder joined forces, brought together great musicians from the golden age of Cuban music and successfully took Cuban traditional music to the rest of the world.... More
Havana, Oct. 3 (RHC)-- Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel celebrated Silvio Rodríguez’s successful return to Spanish stages after a five-year absence. The concert that the author of ‘Ojalá’ and ‘el unicornio azul’ gave over the weekend at WiZink Center, in Madrid, was attended by nearly eight thousand people.... More
Jazz Plaza 2022: strengthening alliances among jazz musicians across Latin America and the Caribbean
Havana, Oct. 3 (RHC)—Organizers of the 37th edition of the International Jazz Plaza Festival 2022 gave a press conference over the weekend, during which they announced that it will be a hybrid even, from January 18th through the 23rd, to promote also links between music and audiovisual art.... More
Havana, Oct. 3 (RHC)-- Cuba’s Orquesta Aragón has just released the music video for the track ‘Angela Maria’, which is included in the latest album by the charanga esemble entitled ‘Cha cha chá: Homenaje a lo tradicional.’... More
Havana, October 4 (RHC) Cuban writer and journalist Marta Rojas died on Sunday of a heart attack. She was 93... More
Havana, Oct. 1 (RHC)-- October 1st, 2021, marks 12 years since the death of Cuban narrator, poet, essayist and literary critic Cintio Vitier.... More
Havana, Oct. 1 (RHC)-- The University of Havana and the Fernando Ortiz Foundation have signed a cooperation agreement that provides for the development of common projects.... More
Havana, Oct. 1 (RHC)-- Cuba’s band Havana D'Primera, led by trumpet player and singer Alexander Abreu, returns to European stages in a tour organized by Ysla Producciones.... More
Havana, Oct. 1 (RHC)-- The Cuban film ‘Vestido de novia’ by filmmaker Marilyn Solaya represents the Caribbean state at the 4th Mira Pa' acá season of Latin American films, in Argentina.... More
Havana, Sept. 30 (RHC)-- A new exhibition by Cuban artist Lesbia Vent Dumois –winner of the National Visual Arts Prize in 2019—was inaugurated this Thursday, September 30th, at the Cuban Art building of the National Fine Arts Museum in Havana.... More
Havana, Sept. 30 (RHC)-- Cuban singer-songwriter and producer Leoni Torres, is among nominees to the 22nd Latin Grammy Awards, also in the category of Best Traditional Tropical Album for his latest work entitled ‘Alma Cubana’, released in March under Puntilla Music label.... More
Havana, Sept. 30 (RHC)-- Cuban vocalist Eme Alfonso performed a three-song set from Havana on Wednesday, in the framework of Tiny Desk Home Concerts, a video series of live concerts hosted by National Public Radio in the United States.... More
Havana, Sept. 29 (RHC)—Cuba’s Orquesta Aragón is celebrating its 82nd anniversary. It was formed on September 30th, 1939, in Cienfuegos province.... More
Havana, Sept. 29 (RHC)-- Singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez highlighted Cuban cultural achievements over the past six decades of Revolution. His remarks came at a ceremony Monday, during which the Cuban trova musician was presented with the Leteo Award, granted by the Leteo Cultural Club, located in the Spanish city of Leon.... More
Manzanillo, Sept. 29 (RHC)-- Renowned Cuban musician and improviser Cándido Fabré is immersed in the production of a new audiovisual, as tribute to another prestigious Cuban musician, maestro Adalberto Álvarez, who died on September 1st past, due to complications associated with Covid-19.... More
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