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Three new Off-Broadway shows don’t just show us what draws musicians to their chosen medium; they make us hear it, with often bracing effect.

Whether due to fate or circumstance, these 40 brilliant artists became some of the greatest one-album wonders of all time.

Opening in mid-December for a month-long run in New York, a new musical production tells the story of the the Cuban cultural phenom

Bayamo, Cuba, Oct 20 (Prensa Latina) The Wax Museum of this city, the only one of its kind in Cuba, will unveil a life-size image of musician Adalberto Alvarez, the "Caballero del Son".

I always thought the phrase “music unites people” was just one of those cliché things that people like to say. However, my perspective quickly changed over spring break when I went on an immersive trip to Cuba through Georgetown Music Ministry.

14yMedio reports from Havana via Translating Cuba: In Spite of the Economic Crisis, Cuba Stages an Expensive International Wine Festival International businessmen from the wine world gathered this week at the Hotel Nacional in Havana for the government-sponsored XXII Wine Fair. The presentation of the most recent products and most expensive wines from the Spanish

Matanzas, Cuba, August 23 (Prensa Latina) A mix of different musical generations characterized the performances on the second day of the Varadero Josone Rumba, Jazz & Son Festival, which started in this Cuban province on Monday.

Our picks include Cuban music legend and Buena Vista Social Club alum Eliades Ochoa, Rock Hall of Famer Nile Rodgers with his band, Chic, and Byron Stripling's 'When the Saints Go Marching In'

Recorded in Havana, Cuba, the Buena Vista Social Club album remains the most acclaimed album to come out of Ry Cooders travels.

Eliades Ochoa may have grown up in a rustic milieu, but hes traveled many miles since and picked up some sophisticated sounds on the way.