An about 60-year-old man, seated on a curb resting from the wait under the sun, said: “I like this group because they don’t bite their tongues; they say what they think and that’s it. They don’t get into politicking; they’re sincere musicians. And that’s worth a lot.” (35 photos)
Read MoreThe Puerto Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 made almost 300,000 persons dance for two hours in the Cuban capital during their free concert yesterday at the Anti-imperialist Tribunal, reported IPS. The band’s performance represents a new step in the rapprochement of first-class musical groups to the Caribbean country’s stages.
Read MoreThe musicians said honesty is paramount, because “to be honest as a musician, with what you’re seeing, that gives you a grade of objectivity that is crucial for when you’re narrating reality.
Read MoreRed lights, bodies moving slowly, almost crawling, they mix with each other, gradually leaving their scanty clothes to one side until they are nude. In getting to this point, the dancers have exhibited their panic, their loneliness, their anguish. Likewise, sexual frustration and natural eroticism have been exposed without reserve. (54 photos)
Read MoreThe following is this weekend’s music lineup at the Casa de la Musica (Centro Habana and Miramar) and the Café Cantante Mi Habana and Delirio Habanero, both at the Teatro Nacional.
Read MoreThe second Caribbean Dance Biennial 2010, is set for March 23-28. et to perform are the dance troupes: Non of Lisbet Sad (Cuba); Oroyo So by Ballet Rakatan of Guyana directed by Julie Adami; Malson of the Cuban toupe Danza Abierta and Ecume of the Martinique company Articidence.
Read MoreThe Laura Alonso Ballet is performing “La Bayadera” at the Mella Theater in the Vedado district through March 21. Performances are at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets cost 10.00 regular pesos and 2.00 CUC for foreigners. Telephone: 833-5651
Read MoreCuba’s popular singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes said on Friday that he does not expect to receive reprisals for his critical statements to the Spanish press about the Cuban government. “For many years I’ve been openly criticizing what from my perspective is bad about my country and I’ve never been subject to a reprisal, much less my family.”
Read MoreMany of the people who had the good luck of seeing the documentary and who greatly enjoyed it, don’t like rap, in fact can’t even stand to listen to it for more than half an hour. Many of the people who pass CDs of Los Aldeanos from hand to hand, or from flash memory to flash memory – because these recordings aren’t produced by the State’s EGREM or by Colibri Studios or any of the other official studios in the country, nor are they sold in the stores – don’t even know what Hip Hop culture is. But you have to hear Los Aldeanos.
Read MoreA full-length documentary film “Eso que anda” (Still going strong) by director Ian Padron won first prize of the competing works in the 11th edition of the Santiago Alvarez in Memorium International Documentary Film Festival.
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