Inside Cuban Son—The Conversation That Powers the Dance Floor
Son is sometimes summarized as a blend of Spanish melody and African rhythm. That description points in the right direction but does not explain why the music…
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How to Listen at a Cuban Music Night Before You Step Onto the Dance Floor
A Cuban music night offers more than a playlist of songs to dance to. It is a chance to hear how singers, instruments, rhythm, and dancers respond…
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Before the Genres—How Cuba Became a Musical Crossroads
Cuban music is often introduced through a list—son, rumba, mambo, cha-cha-cha, bolero, danzón—but a list can hide the larger story. The island’s music grew through encounters among…
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A Brief Overview of Cuban Music
A Brief Overview of Cuban MusicBy AURELIO DE LA VEGA The history of Cuban music is a vast, intriguing, exciting and occasionally overwhelming fresco. From its nebulous…
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Musica Cubana
Agrupaciones y MusicosSon CubanoOtros GenerosSobre la Musica CubanaNoticiasHumorOtros TemasBebidas CubanasActualidadTurismo en CubaCine CubanoFotos de CubaEconomía e InversiónEl Son es, sin duda, el género musical cubano que más…
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The Chinese Doctor
If a Cuban tells you the phrase: ”nor even the Chinese doctor can save you” , cross your fingers, because it means things will go really wrong…
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El son se ha convertido en la base principal de la salsa.
La música cubana y sus intérpretes han llegado a ser excelentes embajadores del país. Un ejemplo de ello es como el son se ha convertido en la…
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El Son es, sin duda, el género musical cubano que más ha influenciado en la Salsa
El son tiene una gran variedad de formas, entre ellas: el son montuno, el changüí, el son habanero, el son pregón y el sucu sucu entre otros.…
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Zafiros conjures Cuban past
By ken eisner Publish Date: 10-Aug-2006 With Los Zafiros: Music From the Edge of Time, director Lorenzo DeStefano tracked down the enigmatic ‘60s Havana band known as…
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Faustino Oramas (El Guayabero) and his Group
This group was created in 1998 to accompany one of the most representative figures in Holguin culture. The kind of music they make travels through Son montuno…