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 ...

OKAN showcases its fusion of Afro-Cuban roots, jazz, folk and global rhythms during two shows in the Vilar Performing Arts Center’s May Gallery Saturday. It’s all part of Live in the May Gallery, VPAC ...

On IIII + IIII, Otura Mun and his bandmates weave hip-hop, jazz and dancehall influences into Afro-Cuban music. It's an electronic take on... Inside ÌFÉ's Reinvention Of Afro-Cuban Rhythms Note: This ...

Drummer, Bruce Baker performs as part of the Khanya Jazz Project. THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music presents the Khanya Jazz Project on Wednesday 22 March at 6pm. The Khanya Jazz Project is an ...

Cuban violinist Yeisy Rojas blends jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms in "A Mis Ancestros," praised by Billboard and Rolling Stone. Her music fosters culture diversity Yeisy Rojas beautifully blends Cuban ...

“The legendary Cuban-born percussionist Francisco Aguabella certainly doesn't have anything left to prove. After pioneering the mixture of Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz with a handful of others from the ...

The intoxicating rhythms of Cuban music will entice and nourish the soul when an Afro-Cuban festival comes to the North. Get the details. The popular festival is dancing back to the island for a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Magdelys Savigne (left) and Elizabeth Rodriguez make up the band OKAN, which ...

A pattern is starting to appear in Cimafunk’s album titles. The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, Grammy-nominated follow-up was called “El Alimento,” ...

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This pleased some but irritated jazz purists, who believed the festival should be true to its title, as there are sufficient alternatives for non-jazz artists while jazz performers often struggle to ...