For the artists of “Proyecto Huellas” (Project Imprints), the crossroads village of Cantarrana has a special allure. On the block where they decided to establish themselves, they were welcomed with the same naturalness that locals receive the sun in the morning or the pestilent scent of the river that runs nearby.
Read MoreOn the patio of the Asociacion Cubana de Derecho de Autor Musical* (ACDAM), every third Thursday of the month —and for free— singer-songwriter Angel Quintero provides an intimate serenade to those gathered there. (x photos)
Read MoreThe idea that moves through this theme from one end to the other is that all of us, at some moment, have been fallen angels, souls that come to us from another dimension. With pure souls, we fall into this world built by the greed of other angels who lost their wings a long time ago, but who adapted.
Read MoreCuban President Raúl Castro and his brother Fidel should work “so that the Revolution is not left in the air and a group of opportunists who are already (close to them) in power do not take over” the island, singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés, one of the founders of the New Song Movement, said in an interview published by Brazil’s OEstado de Sao Paulo daily.
Read MoreCuba’s singer/songwriter Silvio Rodriguez opened the Voices for Juarez concert on Friday in the border city plagued by violence. The concert took place at the Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium and also included the Mexican artist Lila Downs and salsero Willie Colon.
Read MoreIt must be incredible to come back from the dead. That’s what Fidel has done, one more entry in his book of innumerable combats. I have a journalist friend in California, an expert in all things Cuban, who has been waiting four years for Fidel to die just so she can despair.
Read MoreOne of Cuba’s banner dance troupes, Danza Contemporanea, is currently touring Australia and received a highly favorable critique by the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday. The group troupe is performing for US $37 – $56 a ticket at the Playhouse through September 18.
Read MoreThe rap duo “Cubanos en la red” will carry out during September several activities to support the conservation of the environment in the Cuban capital, the local press reported. The musicians have called for a concert today in the Havana municipality of Playa dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer, while on Saturday they will work with the Acualina project to clean areas of the capital’s 17 kilometers of coastline.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez said in his blog Segunda cita that he agreed with “reverting the mistakes” made by the Revolution. Rodríguez, one of the founders of the New Song Movement, said he was in favor of “eradicating authoritarianism and building a solid, efficient socialist democracy, whose functioning can always be perfected, that guarantees itself.” Moreover, he highlighted the rights that the socialist system has given to the Cuban population, “dignity and sovereignty, as well as health, education, culture and an honorable old age for all.
Read MoreSilvio Rodriguez’s songs reflect, they question and enter into dialogue with the most immediate realities. They reach soaring poetic flight and are able to transmit feelings with a tremendous intensity.
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