Cuban Rhythm and Rumba is a family based business with the desire to share our passionate Cuban culture to our community. We are a full service dance studio in Vallejo, CA that offers a variety of ...

Beyond samba, soca, and son, many other Latin traditions continue to inform modern sound design. Colombian cumbia is recognised for its steady drum patterns and flowing basslines, which translate ...

Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Zahili Zamora shares music that celebrates her background. Pianist and vocalist Zahili Gonzalez Zamora, electric bassist and vocalist Gerson Lazo-Quiroga, drummer ...

People often ask, “Scotty: what is Latin Jazz? What is Cuban Jazz?” There’s no pat and easy answer. What has come to be known as Latin Jazz might have had its earliest incarnation in some rhythms and ...

To hear reparto in Havana, you don’t have to go far. It’s playing in every taxi, every café lining La Habana Vieja, on Friday nights at Don Cangrejo and Saturday mornings at Mio y Tuyo. A homemade mix ...

The Buena Vista Social Orchestra is under the direction of Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos, original bandleader, arranger and trombonist of the Buena Vista Social Club. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Empire Theatre ...

The Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will present ALBITA: 100 Years of Son Cubano, a concert honoring the iconic Cuban rhythm that laid the foundation for salsa and forever transformed Latin music ...

When lovers in Latin America sing or dance together Alma con alma, one of the emblematic themes of filin, an unforgettable bolero, they are repeating the love story of Cuban musician Juanito Márquez ...

Ed Tillett compares Santiago de Cuba to Appalachia. “The whole eastern province of Cuba is to Cuban music what Appalachia is to country music in the U.S.,” says the co-director of the forthcoming ...

If the bitter divide between the United States and Cuba is a half-century-old political fact, the connections that bind the two are a deeper cultural truth. A new documentary by two filmmakers reveals ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Cuban band Los Van Van will be performing at the Conga Room on Tuesday, Dec. 14 and Wednesday, Dec 15. Los Van Van, billed as “the Rolling Stones of Cuba,” are known for their ...