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 ...

One of many byproducts of the U.S.’s paternalistic-turned-antagonistic treatment of its southern neighbor is that few in the ...

Fabio Abreu, left, and his brother Diego Abreu pose for a photo after their performance at La Fábrica de Arte Cubano, an art gallery and club in Havana, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. HAVANA — Cuban ...

Cristóbal Díaz Ayala amassed the largest collection of Cuban music and related materials in the world and gave it to FIU. A lawyer and businessman, he turned an early interest into a lifelong passion.

Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant-classic, ...

Ronkalunga, born in Baracoa in the eastern region of Cuba, is a practitioner of traditional Cuban rhythms such as son, as well as of compositions featuring the playful, double-entendre-laden touch ...

Alex Cuba, born Alexis Puentes, thrives on a free-flowing creative process. The Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter “receives” his inspiration in moments when music is the last thing on his mind. If he’s ...

Is it really a good idea to take a vacation with your coworkers? If you're part of the Alt.Latino team, it is. Last month Alt.Latino co-host Anamaria Sayre decided to join Felix Contreras on a planned ...

HAVANA — In a rattan chair with a large oval backrest, almost like a throne, the 94-year-old “Diva” of Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, sat in her home in Cuba as she reminisced about her ...

HAVANA — Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, filling a concert hall in downtown Havana with a hypnotic form of ...

Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. —Andrew Fletcher, 1703. In the politically violent land of Cuba there is often some doubt as to who, exactly, is writing the laws.

HAVANA – Cuban teenagers Fabio and Diego Abreu seem shy at first, but the moment they step on stage, they become confident, filling a concert hall in downtown Havana with a hypnotic form of ...