José Luis Cortés, "one of the most important figures in contemporary Cuban music," died on April 18 in Havana, Cuba per the Instituto Cubano de la Música José Luis "El Tosco" Cortés, controversial ...

In 1960, New York became the melting pot for Afro-Cuban rhythms by default. Cut off from La Habana, La Gran Manzana became the birthplace of salsa. Meanwhile, far from stagnating, Cubans behind the ...

For the Cuban timba group Tiempo Libre, a 2002 gig at Ravinia provided some needed encouragement. But the importance of the gig for the young musicians really hit home when bandleader Jorge Gomez met ...

One of the biggest names in Cuban music has defected from the island with his wife and children and is living in Tampa, the LA Times reports in today’s paper. Issac Delgado has been called “the heart ...

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Question: What do you get if you mix contemporary Cuban music with jazz? A relatively new genre called timba, says Jorge Gómez, the pianist and director of Tiempo Libre, a timba group he started in ...

I try not to be too biased when it comes to Latin music. But it’s hard to stay impartial when you’re Cuban. After all, we’re talking about one tiny island responsible for so many ass-shaking styles of ...

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Make your way to the Japan Latin Music Festival Timba this autumn, as Latin artists from all over Japan and across the globe are gathering in Shibuya to celebrate the passionate and energetic world of ...

In 1995, life in Cuba was really getting to Jorge Gomez. “We didn’t have food or money or electricity. We didn’t have anything. I don’t know how we survived.” It was after the collapse of the Soviet ...

The Cuban music form known as timba developed in the 1980s, but exploded in popularity throughout the '90s. While training in jazz and classical conservatories, many Cuban musicians were looking for a ...