ENGLISH:  Jazz Plaza 2024 begins January 21 in Havana and Santiago de Cuba.  You can find schedules, video etc. here: 
ESPAÑOL: Jazz Plaza 2024 comienza el 21 de enero en La Habana y Santiago de Cuba.  Puedes ver programaciones, video etc. aquí: 

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Two great new episodes of the leading Cuban music podcast:

Tom Ehrlich's photo of John Calloway from last month's Monterey Jazz Fest

John Calloway on the Bay Area Scene

Lani Milstein on Conga Santiaguera

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ENGLISH:   After a considerable hiatus, we will be publishing CD reviews again in the future.  Most of these will be recent releases made in Cuba or with musicians living in Cuba, but we are going to begin with what is believed to be the last full studio album by El Gran Fellove, recorded in 1999 in Mexico city and not released until October 7 of this year (the 100th anniversary of his birth).  You can read our review of Joey Altruda Presents: El Gran Fellove in English here. 
ESPAÑOL: Después de una pausa considerable, volvemos a publicar reseñas de CD en el futuro.  La mayoria de ellas serán lanzamientos recientes hechos en Cuba o con músicos que viven en Cuba, pero vamos a comenzar con lo que se cree es el último álbum completo en estudio de El Gran Fellove, grabado en 1999 en la ciudad de México y lo lanzado hasta el 7 de octubre de esta año (centenario de su natalicio).  Puedes leer nuestra reseña de Joey Altruda Presenta: El Gran Fellove en español aquí. 

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An especially exciting new episode, and hopefully the first of several with the great Ned Sublette, whose combination of knowledge about Cuban, Afro-North American, and African music puts him in a class of his own. This episode focuses on folkloric music. Here's Rebecca's description:

Rebecca speaks with musician/producer/historian Ned Sublette, author of the most comprehensive history of Cuban music in English, Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Sublette is leading trips to Cuba through his organization, Postmambo, and in January will embark on La Ruta de los Fundamentos, a tour focusing on Afro-Cuban sacred sites in western Cuba (email postmambo@gmail.com for more info). We talk about the dense and entangled networks of Afro-Cuban religious practice and play a few fieldwork recordings from rural western Cuba.

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