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Articles tagged "cuba"Music ReviewVarious Artists: Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Vol.2by Deanne Sole[9.Nov.09] :. A theme like the one Zacks has chosen gives crate-digging an exceptional purpose, putting a non-Cuban audience in touch with music that might otherwise be lost to them, giving a shape to an idea that might otherwise sound like a non-sequitur. NewsBuzz is on as popular Colombian rocker Juanes to headline international concert in Havanaby Jordan Levin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Aug.09] :. MIAMI — An international concert planned for Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion and headed by a major Latino pop star is stoking passions in exile Miami in a controversial clash of art and... PopMatters Pick Film DVD ReviewFidel!by Bill Gibron[11.Mar.09] :. With unprecedented access to his subject and sources, Landau has managed to make one of the most intriguing films ever about a would-be world leader. NewsMiami festival showcases ‘what Cubans are doing outside of Cuba’by Jordan Levin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Feb.09] :. MIAMI - The many ways that Cuba’s music is isolated, by ocean, politics and tradition, create a kind of musical hothouse that often yields powerful results. But for the Cuban musicians playing...  Music ReviewMadera Limpia: La Coronaby Deanne Sole[19.Jan.09] :. What looks like it would be a rap album with some Cuban touches turns out to be much more Cuban than expected.  Column: The ScreenerGuerrilla Pattonby Chris Barsanti[8.Jan.09] :. Soderbergh's supersized retelling of the Che Guevara legend is an uncomfortable mix of war procedural and unabashed hero worship; ingenious but flawed. PopMatters Pick Music ReviewBuena Vista Social Club: At Carnegie Hallby Thomas Hauner[31.Oct.08] :. At Carnegie Hall staunchly carries with it the brand characteristics that launched this cultural exchange. A journalist takes a long road to fictionby Fabiola Santiago [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Sep.08] :. In the fall of 1994, I traveled to Guantanamo for The Miami Herald to report on the tent-city camps erected by the U.S. government to house and detain thousands of Cuban rafters rescued at sea. The... Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila expected to face trialby Frances Robles [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][28.Aug.08] :. MIAMI - The Cuban rocker whose biting profanity-laced lyrics against the Castro government has previously gotten him in trouble is now in detention and expected to face trial Friday, according to... Various: The Rough Guide to Cuban Street Partyby Deanne Sole[30.May.08] :. The party atmosphere of Cuban Street Party doesn't rely on remixes, as it did in parts of African Street Party. It doesn't need them. Hip-hop’s Cuban connection: ‘El Proyecto’ parley offers lectures, music and filmsby Steve Siegel [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)][16.Apr.08] :. From its modest roots in the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture has become an international, multi-billion-dollar phenomenon. Originally a tool for social expression, rap music opened a window... Over Internet, Cuban youths offer rare insightsby Alfonso Chardy [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][26.Mar.08] :. MIAMI—The young men and women sitting around a living room somewhere in Havana laughed and talked as if they were guests at a party. But what they were telling their counterparts in South... The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosaby Chris Barsanti[10.Dec.07] :. The Bad Girl works better as a travelogue of Ricardo, the rootless intellect, than as a fabulist's tale of love gone sour right from the start. Gloria Estefan returns to her roots with new albumby Enrique Fernandez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Sep.07] :. MIAMI—The 90-mile marker at the edge of Key West points south to Cuba. The number resonates among Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits; noventa stands for separation, for hostilities and... Guantanamo omnipresent in pop cultureby Carol Rosenberg [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Sep.07] :. MIAMI—In Boston this summer, an Irish comedian staged a one-hour show in an orange jumpsuit and a crown of thorns. He played Jesus Christ at Guantanamo Bay. As the son of God, he has returned... Cubans wonder where their Web access wentby Michael Martinez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][17.Sep.07] :. HAVANA - At a government-run Internet cafe inside a Havana post office, the 1,942 Cubans signed up to use the computers were left with a question this summer: Why had the government abruptly cut... The Boys From Dolores: Fidel Castros Classmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmesby Enrique Fernandez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][31.Jul.07] :. Travel writer captures the essence of Fidel's school days in The Boys From Dolores. Papa Noel: Café Noirby Deanne Sole[18.Jul.07] :. Papa Noel's songs sound even more Cuban than you would expect from the doyen of a music scene inspired by Cubans. New attitudes on once-taboo race questions emerge in Cubaby McClatchy Newspapers [(MCT)][25.Jun.07] :. HAVANA—Six-foot-two, brown-skinned and with semi-curly hair, Denny walked confidently into a government warehouse for a recent job interview. Sitting across from the white manager, he rattled... Fidel is better, Cuba the same…by Pyotr Romanov [RIA Novosti (MCT)][6.Jun.07] :. MOSCOW—The Cuban ship has been drifting without a captain for a long time—the sick Fidel Castro is still communicating with his people in writing. Formally, his place has been taken by... Tourists search for Buena Vista Social Club in Cubaby Ray Sanchez [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)][27.May.07] :. HAVANA - German tourist Florian Riedel and his American wife sat in a popular Old Havana restaurant the other night for what was billed as a Buena Vista Social Club musical... In Cuba, evolution is slowby Rui Ferreira, Frances Robles and Luisa Yanez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][25.May.07] :. Decades of angst and longing turned to jubilation on Miami’s streets last summer as the startling news spread that Cuban leader Fidel Castro had undergone emergency surgery for a secret ailment... Cubans on the island stuck in the presentby Frances Robles and Wilfredo Cancio Isla [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.May.07] :. AVANA, Cuba - As mother, teacher and illegal saleswoman, Teresa has long days typical of Cuba. After working a full day teaching for $11 a month, the mother of two heads off to peddle Adidas... Cuban salsa star follows his heart, dream to the U.S.by Jordan Levin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][1.May.07] :. TAMPA, Fla. - Five months ago, singer Issac Delgado, one of Cuba’s biggest salsa stars, walked across the U.S.-Mexico border into Laredo, Texas, bringing with him only his family, his talent... Is Fidel Castro coming back?by Frances Robles [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][21.Apr.07] :. The photos of a stronger and healthier Fidel Castro meeting with a high-level Chinese delegation published in Cuba’s principal newspaper Saturday are perhaps the most significant sign so far... The Silos: Cubaby John Kenyon[17.Jan.03] :. Remember 1987? It doesn’t seem so long ago, not until people start celebrating the 15th anniversary of things that happened that year. Not until you remember that Rolling Stone was once... Cuba (1979/2002)by David Sanjek[1.Aug.02] :. The idea that an individual, like Robin Hood, could stand up for the rights of the oppressed comes across as a pleasant fantasy, worthy of song and legend, but devoid of the means to stand up against state power. |
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