Ska Cubano's music merges Jamaican ska and Cuban mambo and son. Born from a "what-if" that erases the 1959 Cuban revolution, the music reimagines musical history.

The 1-year-old group — whose members developed the idea during a 2012 US tour with the Cuban National Orchestra — plays some favorite Cubano music, along with classical standards, Friday at ...

Ska Cubano's fusion of Cuban and Jamaican music is a triumph of musical imagination. Phil Meadley hears their story. Friday 01 July 2005 00:00 BST. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story.

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios catches up with the musicians who came to prominence with a 1997 album and a 1999 documentary. It's not an entirely satisfying sequel, but you can sure dance to it.

The Broad Stage has launched a musical partnership with Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute with the West Coast debut of Musical Explorers. In this celebration of Los Angeles' rich and diverse ...

D’Alessio: Yeah (chuckle), there’s a lot of life in the music that we play. It’s classic son cubano music and is a body of work that’s really great, and it’s a niche, a specialized genre ...

Some of the coolest music I ever heard was a 1950s cross of calypso and Cuban music. It was all acoustic, rhythmically complex, vocally fun and instrumentally exciting. The first track on Ay ...

Mi Amigo Cubano, premiering at USA TODAY, will appear on Midón's Sept. 30 album, Don't Hesitate. "When Bill Withers called and told me that he wanted to write a song with me I was stunned," says ...

When you Google "Cuban Son Music," Wikipedia is quick to offer you an answer, defining the genre as: "The Son cubano is a style of music and dance that originated in Cuba and gained worldwide ...