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Sierra Maestra - Sonando Ya -

Over three decades since they first began reviving the classic son music so popular in Cuba in the 1920s, Sierra Maestra prove they remain a vital force in a music that still somehow symbolises the island.

Long before he teamed up with Ry Cooder to give Cuban music overwhelming international...

Sierra Maestra - Sonando Ya -

Over three decades since they first began reviving the classic son music so popular in Cuba in the 1920s, Sierra Maestra prove they remain a vital force in a music that still somehow symbolises the island.

Long before he teamed up with Ry Cooder to give Cuban music overwhelming international...

Lagrimas Negras: Canciones y Boleros - Anyone who watched the documentary or listened to the CD of The Buena Vista Social Club will have noticed a significant absence of women among the featured performers. One who was in attendance, and stood out because of it, was Omara Portuondo. Like the rest of the participants in these...

United We Swing - In the late '60s and early '70s, New York was at the very heart of the newborn salsa scene. Home to many Puerto Rican immigrants, Spanish Harlem was a melting pot of rhythms, dances, and ideas. Each member of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra has an extensive history in that scene...

Live At The 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival - Another in a series of Concord albums celebrating the Monterey Jazz Festival (previously: Brubeck, Tjader) presents the music of an American-born, but purely Latin music maestro, Tito Puente. It was recorded during his band's triumphant appearance at the 1977 festival, the first of many he would make at the storied...

Boogaloo - Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s. Boogaloo originated in New York City among teenage Cubans and Puerto Ricans. The style was a fusion of popular African American R&B, rock and roll and...

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