The ensemble’s size and personnel have shifted over the years, but Alemañy’s commitment to a century of Cuban dance music remains constant, with a percussion-powered sound encompassing ...

AUGUST BROWN goes to Cuba to check out the Manana Cuba festival, the country's first electronic music festival since relations between the country were relaxed. The festival made a concerted ...

The 25-year-old Cuban singer and bandleader's new album is an opportunity to give Cuba's outsize musical influence its due.

That’s when a group of local musicians from the young label Fania Records introduced their hot, homegrown brew of Latin dance music to the world, launching a sensation.

Ra-ka-TAN, ra-ka-TANRA-ka-tan. This rhythm propels the members of the Cuban dance troupe Havana Rakatan as they mark tempo during rehearsals.

The richness and diversity of Cuban music and its New World relatives is striking. It would have been nice to have been able to consult a few handy maps (of Africa, Spain, and Cuba) to keep places ...

She is on board to direct a sequel to Wim Wenders’ groundbreaking film Buena Vista Social Club, which put Cuban music culture on the global stage. Her film will follow the 5 surviving members of the ...

The intoxicating rhythms of Cuban music will entice and nourish the soul when the Afrekete Afro-Cuban Dance, Music and Culture Festival returns to Magnetic Island in May.

The Cuba Caribe Festival of Dance, Music and Theater, running at Dance Mission Theater this month, offers concerts, classes, lectures, discussions, even a participatory dance party with live music.

The 15th annual Cuba/Caribe Fest in S.F. celebrates Cuban and Afro-Cuban music and dance April 10-14.

We were introduced to Cuba’s lively Afro-Cuban music scene at a concert for Cuban traditional music at the hotel, which featured two original members of the world famous Buena Vista Social Club ...

Come dance, listen, hang out and experience smoking Cuban charanga music at the Community Music Center – it’s free! CMC’s own Cuban Salsa Ensemble will be performing as part of the Mission ...