Music in Trinidad, Cuba. Photo by Bud Ellison (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr Cuba has been in the news a lot, and the latest article by Randy Lewis in the Los Angeles Times is a terrific read. Titled “Cuba ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda began working on the story and songs for the animated musical Vivo in 2009, but the songs ended up sitting in his trunk for a few years while In the Heights and Hamilton happened.

Netflix dropped the full trailer Thursday for “Vivo,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s love letter to Cuba and his first starring animated musical, made at Sony Pictures Animation (streaming August 6th). In ...

If anyone knows about displacement and the impact of carrying one’s culture from place to place, it’s Cuban singer and songwriter Pavel Urkiza. Best known for his work as part of the 1990s duo Gema y ...

After becoming a household name in his native Cuba—as one of the biggest exponents of Reparto music right now—Bebeshito officially arrived in Miami last October with his all-or-nothing mentality. A ...

It has not been a great year for dance on the musical theater stage – until now. Choreographers Patricia Delgado and New York City Ballet’s Justin Peck bring it all to the tiny stage at the Atlantic ...

As the Smith College Alumnae Chorus rehearsed in Matanzas, Cuba, for the July 28 opening concert of the group’s Cuba tour, the skies opened up to a torrential rainstorm. Thunder cracked, and a ...

On Thursday, Sept. 18, the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center (PRLACC), hosted Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco’s trio in a ...

Since moving from his native Cuba to Canada in 1999, singer-songwriter Alex Cuba has accumulated a number of significant awards and built his musical resume with guest appearances and production ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will stage its first Broadway musical in more than 50 years when "Rent" starts a three-month run on Dec. 24, producers said on Monday. The Nederlander entertainment group ...

During its first tour of the United States, the Cuban band Cimafunk headlined Tipitina’s on April 6, 2019, bandleader Erik “Cima” Rodriguez’s 30th birthday. To perform in New Orleans at Tipitina’s on ...

In a Q interview, the Grammy-winning artist tells Tom Power about his new album, índole, and why he wrote his 11th studio album to honour the African diaspora that gave Latin music its heartbeat.