Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It all started with a coat hanger: “If they catch you, you have to pay,” says Jorge ...

In 1960, New York became the melting pot for Afro-Cuban rhythms by default. Cut off from La Habana, La Gran Manzana became the birthplace of salsa. Meanwhile, far from stagnating, Cubans behind the ...

To say Issac Delgado is the epitome of Cuba's timba music undermines the scope of his talent. "I don't feel I'm a timbero," said Delgado, known as El Chevere de la Salsa (Salsa's Mr. Cool), by ...

Question: What do you get if you mix contemporary Cuban music with jazz? A relatively new genre called timba, says Jorge Gómez, the pianist and director of Tiempo Libre, a timba group he started in ...

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

My love for my roots and subsequent displays of Cubaneo are no secret. Cuban culture is a beautiful thing, and despite the stranglehold of a 50-year dictatorship, nowhere has it shone more than in ...

Make your way to the Japan Latin Music Festival Timba this autumn, as Latin artists from all over Japan and across the globe are gathering in Shibuya to celebrate the passionate and energetic world of ...

Timba makes Timber a star. Dear God, it was everywhere in 2006. That song, those garish synth slaps, that declaration: “I’m bringing sexy back.” Back from where? Where did sexy go? Did people stop ...