No matter that time is limited, the rain is pouring down or that backstage hustle and bustle is off the...
In less than one month’s time MANANA will show 500 lucky ticket holders a whole new way of organising and enjoying music...
This is the ‘anthology’ of modern Cuban music that embodies the diversity of a new generation of artists beyond the...
Transparent Water, a meeting between Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa and versatile Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita, is a delightful...
Contemporary Cuban music is currently enjoying a high profile with exciting, forward-looking releases from Dayme Arocena and Gilles Peterson’s Havana...
Ariwo‘s eponymous EP may only be four tracks long, but the length of the tracks gives it more of an...
Packed to the rafters with people vying for any sort of view, Koko played host to the French-Cuban duo Ibeyi...
Usually it would be rude to reveal a woman’s age, but there are always exceptions. Especially when it comes to...
Caribbean societies are often subject to a certain gaze, in search of exotica. The cultural region’s best musicians are those...
The concept behind the AfroCubism collaboration is to celebrate and unite some of Mali and Cuba’s hottest musicians and to...
Event Review: Manana//Cuba – A Night of Afro-Cuban Collaborations @ Barbican (London, 26th May 2017)
That euphoric swelling an artist feels when they connect with their audience is what rumba musicians describe as ‘Manana’. The...
This year, we only got a glimpse of the music bonanza offered by the Womad UK weekend. Our stay in...