Gente de Zona became the first Cuban duo to sell out the coveted Kaseya Center in Miami earlier this month, where they performed for over 14,000 fans in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The duo’s ...

In reparto, Cuba's rising urban music sound, the lyrics paint women as objects, conquests and fantasies. Cuban reparteras — ...

The new album “Tierra — Songs by Cuban Women” by acclaimed Cuban vocalist Estrella Acosta is one of six contenders for a Latin Grammy in the category Best Traditional Tropical Album. The vibrant and ...

Cuban singer-songwriter Estrella Acosta invites us into her journey this way: "The smell of mangos and guavas brings back memories of my childhood and reminds me of the sound of Cuban country music ...

The lyrics pack in plenty of historical and current references, so we turned to Miami-based Cuban-American musician Lilly Blanco to translate the lyrics and annotate the references. The most important ...

The cover of the newly reissued 1977 LP Yoyi, originally released by Jorge Soler León under the name Grupo los Yoyi Credit: Courtesy of Future Rootz Medina grew up in Cuba, but his voracious appetite ...

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 ...

The centennial of Celia Cruz, Cuba’s “Queen of Salsa” and one of the most iconic voices in Latin music, passed largely ...

Kiki Valera figured out pretty early in his 54 years that music was going to be his life. After all, he was born into a Cuban family that had been playing and preserving traditional sounds of the ...