First there was the late, great Cuban jazz pianist, Bebo Valdés, who collaborated with Spanish flamenco legend Diego El Cigala on their exceptional album Lagrimas Negras (Black Tears) in 2004. Their ...

On a typical Saturday afternoon in the Havana courtyard of El Palenque, drummers coax conga rumba rhythms into the air above the crowd. A thousand miles away, Sundays in Central Park also mean rumba.

La Habana, 18 ago (EFE).La Habana, 18 ago (EFE). — Cuba busca declarar la rumba como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad y para impulsar su candidatura ante la Unesco realizará la “Ruta de ...

In Callejón del Hamel, a street in Cuba lined with art shops and murals, rumba is a way of life. Every Sunday around noon, both locals and tourists gather in the streets to watch, and often partake, ...

Cada mes, la Cámara Hispana de Jóvenes Profesionales organiza una reunión en algún establecimiento del condado de Sonoma para interconectar negocios, oportunidades y gente. Este viernes pasado sucedió ...

It takes two to rumba and because Rumba actually signifies a Cuban party, the more the merrier. As of Monday, the Naples area has two Rumbas. Rumba Cuban Cafe To Go opened this week in North Naples as ...

For more than a century Cuban sugar fueled the global rum industry. The refined cane made its way from the small island nation to bustling trading ports in U.S. cities like Salem, Massachusetts. Now, ...

When Asori Soto’s family returned to Havana after six years in New York City, where his father worked for the United Nations, the 11-year-old suffered culture shock. “There was nothing,” Soto recalls ...

If you love the wonderful beat of merengue music or the sounds of Cuban rumba, you'll be happy to know they're considered worldwide cultural treasures. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

The death of Cuban conga master Carlos "Patato" Valdes this past December provides a sad opportunity to dig out one of his best-known recordings — which also happens to be a groundbreaking piece of ...