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.
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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 film the protagonist is an inhabitant too estranged from his country to belong, a tourist too familiar with his environment to experience the passing joy of surprise.
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.
Alfredo Rodríguez: The Invasion Parade
Alfredo Rodríguez keeps jazz flourishing on progressive sophomore LP The Invasion Parade.
Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics: Cigarros Explosivos!
They need to either knock you dead with skill or else subvert the whole notion of skill.
A Shot in the Dark and a Swift Retreat: Max Boot’s ‘Invisible Armies’
In Max Boot’s grand survey of irregular warfare, Invisible Armies he shows that his thorough reading of the historical record leaves little room for old stereotypes.
