CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Riis Park will look and sound a lot more like Havana, Cuba the weekend of August 14-16, 2015 when the 6th annual Festival Cubano brings together the best in Cuban culture, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A celebration of Cuban culture returns to Chicago August 11-13, 2017 at Riis Park. The 8th Annual Festival Cubano features a full schedule of music, dancing, boxing demonstrations, ...

The time was right to revisit the Buena Vista Social Club. The blockbuster 1997 album and 1999 documentary, chronicling the recording sessions of an ad-hoc group of remarkable Cuban musicians, set off ...

Latin jazz bandleader and congero Poncho Sanchez spent lots of time as a kid watching his older sisters dance the mambo and cha-cha-cha to their Cal Tjader, Tito Puente and Machito records. While they ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. It’s not often that I get to go with a new-to-me genre, so it was with a ...

When you Google "Cuban Son Music," Wikipedia is quick to offer you an answer, defining the genre as: "The Son cubano is a style of music and dance that originated in Cuba and gained worldwide ...

The 2009 documentary Still Bill shows R&B great Bill Withers writing a song called Mi Amigo Cubano with singer and guitarist Raul Midón. It's finally here. Mi Amigo Cubano, premiering at USA TODAY, ...