Once upon a time, musical traditions mingled freely in the Caribbean. But after the Cuban revolution in 1959, Cuba's music became more isolated. The band Ska Cubano creates one kind of music that ...

A blast—a raucous, riotous, irresistible blast. Ska Cubano is a London-based, Caribbean retro band led by the singer/songwriter Natty Bo (aka Nathan Lerner) and featuring his ex-wife, Miss Megoo (aka ...

African groups in Cuba, which Sublette traces to four distinct regions on the dark continent, kept a lot of their culture and traditions intact through the formation of cabildos, something like 'town ...

Whether by design or happy accident, this North London-based combo tap into the current vogue for vintage Colombian sounds, injecting their trademark Cuban flavoured ska with pumping cumbia grooves ...

Now, about to release their self-financed second album, ¡Ay Caramba!, the band have just provided a rude-boy awakening to the Jazz/World Stage at Glastonbury, and are about to head off deep into the ...

French horn virtuoso Sarah Willis has unveiled the spectacular final instalment in her Mozart y Mambo trilogy. This latest release from the Berlin Philharmonic's horn player pairs Mozart's Horn ...

Salsa, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha is set to wipe the standard nostalgic images of pre-revolutionary Cuba from theatre-goers minds. The music and dance in the video tease retains the rawness and spontaneity… ...

The temperature outside may be cold, but indoors on Saturday at Springfield Symphony Hall it is going to be “hot, hot, hot” ...

Listening to this recording is similar to having a knowledgeable friend spin some tunes that fit together in many likely though not necessarily expected ways. It is a “mix tape” of sorts that features ...

Last week's show featured a track by Latin music pioneer Joe Cuba and I promised to share the back story as to why we included it. Seems a DJ who goes by the name DJ Turmix is rocking clubs, parties ...