Ruben Blades has just released a new CD “Songs of Underdevelopment” which he dedicated to Puerto Rico and Cuba, which he said “has survived attacks from within and without.” Blades also supported popular Columbian musician Juanes’ decision to give a peace concert in Havana on September 20.
Read MoreAmong posters of tango singers Libertad Lamarque and Carlos Gardel, as well as photos and paintings allegorical to a completely different musical rhythm, we were welcomed to hear enticing Caribbean reggae sounds played by the group Remanente. The gaze of Che Guevara looks down at the dreadlocks of a Rastafarian dancing to the beat of the music.
Read MoreFor ten years, a commercial fair has been held in Cuba annually on busy 23rd Street in Havana in which arts and crafts mix. I’m referring to “Arte en la Rampa”, an event that takes place in a partially enclosed facility called Pabellon Cuba, in the downtown Vedado district. Good CDs, books and prints by famous artists can be acquired in the regular currency, something very difficult to find in other fairs or stores. Although the products are not so inexpensive, they are within the public’s range of affordability thanks to this fair.
Read MoreSpanish signers Ana Belen and Victor Manuel expressed their support for the Juanes Peace Concert to be held in Havana on September 20, reported IPS. Belen criticized the “anti-Castro exiles of Miami” that have strongly protested the musician’s project to perform in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreJuanes’ project has generated a strong polemic in the Florida-based Cuban exile community. Yesterday an anti-Castro group destroyed records by the artist and burnt a black shirt in Miami.
Read MoreThe trip to Cuba and the concert for peace on September 20 is “a sign that it’s time to change mentalities,” affirmed Colombian singer Juanes. The concert will take place in the Plaza of the Revolution and tens of thousands of Cubans can be expected to attend.
Read MoreElito Reve y su Charangon will play at the Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Bandstand on Saturday August 22 at 10:00 p.m. Elito has continued the musical tradition of his father Elio Reve, who founded the group, maintaining the quality and the sound of one of Cuba’s most popular orchestras.
Read MoreJazz band leader, trumpet player and scat singer Bobby Carcasses and his Espectaculo Mejor Solo show takes place at the El Sotano Theater in Vedado on Saturday night August 15 at 11:00 p.m. and on Sunday July 16 at 8:00 p.m.
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