HAVANA – In a light-filled workshop cluttered with tools and pieces of old string instruments, three men carve strips of imported wood and silently measure the angles of violin pegs and viola necks ...

HAVANA. ERIKA: IN CUBA, A LOVE OF MUSIC IS CULTIVATED AT AN EARLY AGE. AT THE CONSERVATORY, STUDENTS BURSTING WITH RAW TALENT FINE TUN ETHEIR SKILL. >> I HOPE TO BE A GREAT MUSICIAN. I HAVE TO BE A ...

Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. —Andrew Fletcher, 1703. In the politically violent land of Cuba there is often some doubt as to who, exactly, is writing the laws.

Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music introduces a variety of musical instruments. Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music children to musical instruments including the guitar, violin, piano.

Like music in New Orleans and Louisiana, Cuban music runs generation to generation. Traditional music groups in the Caribbean island nation can consist solely of family members. Also like New Orleans ...

Cuba is roughly 1,300 miles away, but in a rehearsal space in downtown Manhattan, it doesn’t feel all that far. Cradling their percussion instruments, horns, and guitars, a ten-piece band of musicians ...

The Trombone Shorty Foundation is spreading the reach of its mission overseas to provide children music education. In January, the New Orleans-based foundation traveled to Cuba to participate in an ...

“The Last Repair Shop” focuses on the people who maintain the 140,000 musical instruments owned by Los Angeles Unified School District public schools. Funding for music and arts education has been ...

Music has always had a powerful influence on Cuban culture. Its unique blend of West African and European styles has made Cuba one of the richest and most influential music regions in the world. But ...

A roleplaying journey wouldn’t be complete without inspiring songs or a melody. Lucky for you, Baldur’s Gate 3 allows you to bring out the bard within you with the help of musical instruments and ...

Musical styles in Africa and the Caribbean have a long and closely intertwined history. One of the classic examples involves an interchange between the Congo and Cuba. In 1933, the company EMI ...

During its first tour of the United States, the Cuban band Cimafunk headlined Tipitina’s on April 6, 2019, bandleader Erik “Cima” Rodriguez’s 30th birthday. To perform in New Orleans at Tipitina’s on ...