Were there queens from the vitrola in Cuba?
Two singers that marked time in Cuba, Olga Guillot and Blanca Rosa Gil. A count of years gone, through the vitrola …
Benny Moré the musical phenomenon of Cuba
Very kindly the composer Rodolfo J. De La Fuente has allowed to reproduce this article that talks about the life of perhaps the greatest figure of Cuban popular music of all time, the “Barbaro del Ritmo”, the great Benny Moré.
Cuba and its singers (I)
For our audience in English, this article with a brief review of three of our singers, Millán Zuaznábar, Sergio Farías and Leonor Zayas
Chico and Rita, music and passion in animates cartoons
Chico and Rita, a musical romance of the 40s and 50s in animated cartoons by the direction of Fernando Trueba.
The Macorina, some lines made by music
The Macorina, nickname of a Cuban girl with a happy life, who gave rise to a famous song that, went around the world at the beginning of the XX century.
Danzon one of the first Cuban rythms
Beginnings of the danzón genre in Cuba, its creators, main interpreters and influences of this rhythm in Mexico
Orestes Macías, the leading voice of Rumbavana band, interviewed
Interview to the outstanding Cuban bolero singer Orestes Macías, the voice of Rumbavana and a lover of the bolero and the romantic song.
Pop stars and “tour lideres” In Havana
Known pop American singers travel to Havana like tour lideres on the lead of tourists willing to know the Cuban culture
Barbarito Diez: The Voice that did the Danzón a Credit
Barbarito Diez with his calm ways and his golden voice, it was the singer that made a big hit one of the Cuban rhythms more emblematic.
Migdalia Hechavarría, the voice of feeling
Migdalia Hechevarría, Cuban singer of a wide tuning fork, star of a many Havana nights and fond of feeling and the romantic song.
