WHAT: For a lot of the salsa-ing you’ve done in your life, you can thank Juan Formell. The Cuban band leader was responsible for a genre of music called “changüí 68.” Combining elements of classic Son ...

Founded in 1969 by bassist and composer Juan Formell, Los Van Van is perhaps one of the most recognizable music groups formed after the revolution. The group regularly tours all over the world and has ...

San Juan, 8 jul (EFEUSA).San Juan, 8 jul (EFEUSA). — La orquesta cubana Los Van Van ofrecerá el sábado un concierto en el Coliseo Roberto Clemente de San Juan, junto a las agrupaciones locales La ...

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the Exclusive NYC Appearance of one of Cuba’s most spectacular bands, LOS VAN VAN, who bring direct from Cuba their blend of Afro-Cuban, disco ...

In 2010, Cuban band Los Van Van performed at the James L Knight Center in Miami. Hector Gabino El Nuevo Herald Los Van Van, the famous Havana orchestra formed after the Cuban Revolution, canceled ...

Los Van Van leader Juan Formell, who died May 1 in Havana, often said it was the group's job to make people dance. Under his direction, Cuba's hardest-working band delivered on that promise for almost ...

Cuba’s Los Van Van take a different approach. They begin with a climax, continue with a climax and end with a climax. The resulting experience is undeniably intense, and at Friday’s sold-out ...

Havana, May 2 (EFE).Havana, May 2 (EFE). — Cuban musician Juan Formell, leader and founder of Los Van Van, died in Havana, state television reported. He was 71. His son, drummer Samuel Formell, told ...

Singer-songwriter Juan Carlos Formell was born into Cuban music royalty but forged his own path. He was the bassist for Los Van Van, one of the most influential bands from post-Revolution Cuba. Cuban ...

When Colombian pop phenom Juanes announced last year he was planning to hold the second installation of his Peace Without Borders Concert in Cuba, Miami’s exile community erupted in discord. Oh, there ...

Los Van Van are one of the most important and influential bands in the history of 20th century Cuban pop music. Though the 1990s were pervaded by groups that mixed folkloric and traditional music with ...

MIAMI BEACH, Florida – Los Van Van, one of Cuba’s greatest dance bands, once made history of a sort just by playing in Miami, overcoming city attempts to ban the concert and braving thousands of ...