Cuban Video Game ‘Saviorless’ Subverts the Revolution’s Narrative
Cuban video game Saviorless joins Lillian Guerra’s scholarship and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s film The Last Supper in subverting the Cuban Revolution’s narrative.
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Okan Explore Complexities of Cuban Heritage on Powerful ‘Okantomi’
On Okantomi, Okan continue to engage with many of the interwoven styles and stories critical to their own experiences of Cuban music and personhood.
Eliades Ochoa Brings Worldly Sophistication to Cuban Country Music
Eliades Ochoa may have grown up in a rustic milieu, but he’s traveled many miles since and picked up some sophisticated sounds on the way.
Eliades Ochoa Blends Rural Past, Cosmopolitan Present on ‘Guajiro’
Eliades Ochoa’s Guajiro shows an understanding of musical roots. It feels fresh, endowed with a collaborative spirit that makes for something wonderfully new.
Ambiguous Loss and Migrant Emotions in Animated Comedy ‘Vivo’
Overlooked at the 2022 Oscars, Kirk DeMicco’s animated comedy Vivo expresses the “Trump-era anxiety” and ambiguous loss surrounding transnational migration.
Revisiting Buena Vista Social Club’s Magical Time 25 Years Ago in Havana
The new 25th Anniversary Edition of Buena Vista Social Club sheds light on the sessions that created an international phenomenon.
Revisiting Buena Vista’s Ibrahim Ferrer
Ibrahim Ferrer's Buenos Hermanos is a thoroughly enjoyable, perfectly realized example of Afro-Cuban music's appeal.
Cuba’s Ibrahim Ferrer Is Celebrated with a Re-Issue of ‘Buenos Hermano’
A remixed reissue of Ibrahim Ferrer's Buenos Hermanos brings one of Cuba's most iconic voices back into the spotlight.
Sweet Lizzy Project Demonstrate Pop Prowess Via “Travel to the Moon” (premiere + interview)
Raul Malo-mentored rock outfit, Sweet Lizzy Project, share a track from their upcoming album that finds them longing ever-so-slightly for home. "I think I can feel my Cuban roots a little more on this record," says vocalist Lisset Diaz.
The Fog of the Interstitial: Existential Disaffection in Alea’s ‘Memories of Underdevelopment’
In Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s Memories of Underdevelopment the protagonist is too estranged from his country to belong, doomed to existential disaffection
How We Made ‘Buena Vista Social Club’: Interview with Eliades Ochoa and Nick Gold
When the Buena Vista Social Club album came out in 1997, it had an indelible effect on the international community's perception of Cuba.
Three Americans Visited Cuba…
Dan Goldberg, Andrea Kuhn and Jody Eddy visited Cuba three times. Then they wrote a cookbook.