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“Septeto Santiaguero”winsLatin Grammy
Havana, Cuba. – Septeto Santiaguero won the 2015 Latin Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Tropical Album with “No quiero llanto” (I want no crying), tribute to the legendary duetLos Compadres....
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Geraldine Chaplin wants to see the movies from this part of the world
Havana, Cuba. - Geraldine Chaplin considers the movie “Dolares de arena” (Sand dollars) her best film and one of the best she’s seen. “It’s superb, very subtle. It tells you everything without giving...
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Laura de la Uz: one cannot miss this festival
Havana, Cuba. – Famous Cuban actress Laura de la Uz believes impersonating a blind person is one of the hardest things that an actor can do on the screen. She made this statement while explaining to...
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Olga Tañón overjoyed to sing in Cuba
Havana, Cuba. – Lively, sharp, spontaneous Olga Tañon honors the Cubans with her truthful token of respect: “I came to Cuba waving a flag of humanity, because it feels so great. Sometimes, one doesn’t...
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Cuban music’s train at full speed
Havana, Cuba. – The members of the worldwide famous Cuban orchestra “Los VanVan”, now led by Samuel Formell, celebrate their 46th anniversary (founded on 04/12/1969) by releasing the album “VanVan 45.”...
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Wilfredo Lam’s presence in Marianao
Havana, Cuba. – The passing of a giant leaves indelible marks for the life of a city. Cuban painter Wilfredo Oscar de la Concepcion Lam, or plain Wilfredo Lam’s passing in the mid 1920’s was marked...
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Tania Castellanos, lyricism and harmony
Havana, Cuba. – The popularity of some songs reaches far beyond their author, as if they had always existed. They are so necessary that we embrace them as our own, we learn them by heart and we pass...
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Jose Antonio Silverio’s latest musical ventures
Havana, Cuba. – Jose Marti, Cuba’s National Hero said, “The youth should focus on the fresh, to create and to build.” The principle, stated by the most universal Cuban of the XIX century, is etched in...
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The reincarnation of the Trio Matamoros
Havana, Cuba. – No alchemist ever found the elixir of life, that legendary potion that according to them guaranteed eternal life. However, a Cuban musician named Miguel Matamoros found the secret to...
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Alain Daniel’s shared love between music and acting
Havana, Cuba. – Sitting down to chat with Alain Daniel Roque, better known as Alain Daniel, is a highly complex undertaking. It’s not that the composer and singer is a hermit or a shy individual that...
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