Category: Cuba

Translation: Que Vola? artist biog

Que Vola? in La Havana, Cuba

If there’s a joy in translating artist biographies, which despite their mundane commercial purpose are often well considered and well written, it’s discovering something new and enticing. The No Format! label is a dependable source for such discoveries. I’m not a big connoisseur of Cuban music, but it’s always a boon to hear something young…

AFROCUBISM – An old transatlantic love story

AfroCubism: Eliades Ochoa and Bassekou Kouyate

When the record producer Nick Gold traveled to Cuba in the early 1990s he had the genius to perceive the well-spring of love for Cuban music that still flowed through Mali and West Africa and appreciate the strength of their intertwining histories.