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- Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can't disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of Cuban music is…
- The basic success of the conga came from ...that basic principle of African music and dance: everybody participates. The conga eradicated the distinction between performer…
- One often reads that the 1950s was the golden age of Cuban music, but it was really one long phase, from 1937 to 1958, each…
- The general disinclination of Spain to accept slaves from Islamicized regions of Africa during the formative years of Hispano-American society had enormous consequences for the…
- That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning.
- Miguelito, liberated from having to sing with Cugat, sounds like he just got out of jail and is letting it rip.
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