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Cuban music in search of wider markets

The CD "Breathing Havana" is a sample of what has been called as the contemporary Cuban sound. One of the Cuban CDs that Ive listened to at home over the last few months is titled Breathing Havana, a compilation aimed specifically at the Japanese market through the Omagatoki Corporation. The objective of this album is to take a listen at what is being called the contemporary Cuban sound: musical creations that inherit certain elements from what was the Nueva Trova style, but"consistent with the times we live in" opening up to a range of other musical influences. Read More

Cuban son legends captivate Berlín

Cuban son music star pianist Guillermo Rubalcaba González, guitarist José Maracaibo Castañeda and octogenarian singer Reynaldo Creagh conquered the favor of viewers that crowded on Saturday the Admiralpalast theater in Berlin to see the show The bar at Buena Vista. Read More

Adalberto Álvarez in the Cuban cinema

A living legend of the Cuban popular dance music, composer and orchestra director Adalberto Álvarez, better known as " the gentleman of the son" will be film maker Lourdes de los Santos' next documentary footage. Read More

XI edition of the Longina Trova Festival

With the attendance of about 40 authors and singers from the entire island, since January 4 to 9 is currently running the XI edition of the Longina Trova Festival. Read More

From Mexico to all of Europe, Cuban music sounds with Bamboleo

Lazarito Valdés and his band Bamboleo, in the middle of the success of the CD Knoct out, performed recently in Mexico and returned to Cuba to share with the Cuban public the festivities for the new coming of the year 2007. In February they will be having a big tour around Europe. Read More

Aceituna Sin Hueso Hit Cuba

Combining Caribbean rhythms with Andalusian folkloric music, they become the new sensation in Cuba. The Cuban group Aceituna sin hueso is led by the vocalist, composer and director Mariela Moreno, and has achieved a musical combination of Caribbean rhythms and Andalusian folkloric music that has put them at the fore of the so-called "new era fusion" of Cuban music. Read More

Praga: Mozart to the beat of salsa

The German trio Klazz Brothers and Cuban duo Percussion will join in Praga to play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to the beat of Caribbean rhythms. Read More

Important tours around the world of cuban artists.

Artists from the catalog of Musicalia, Management Agency belonging to ARTEX S.A, decided to salute the 2007 unwrapping important tours around diverse regions of the world. Read More

The Camerata Romeu saluted with a concert their XIII birthday

The Camerata Romeu, conducted by the excellent Zenaida Romeu, recently presented at their permanent seat in the Basílica Menor from San Francisco Convent, a concert saluting the XIII birthday Read More

Chris Cornell was honored to perform in Cuba

Audioslave singer Chris Cornell still feels honored to be a member of the first U.S. band to play in Cuba for 26 years, and he'd love to perform there again. Read More

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