With whimsical album art, an electric onstage energy, and headbanging beats that make dancing imperative, it’s no wonder the band is blowing up.
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The Cuban star wrapped up a tour in Europe and is now hitting the northeast United States, Chicago, NOLA and other cities this fall.
"Even crumbling from neglect, Havana is the most beautiful city in all of Latin America and the Caribbean," he gushed.
It is a good story for children on a Sunday morning but unlikely to be remembered the next day at school.
Born Adolfo del Rio Vega in the small beach town of Guanabo, twenty-five-year-old Fito has been making quite the name for himself as one of the new...
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Los Van Van leader Juan Formell passed away on May 1st 2014, but yesterday would've been his 79th birthday.
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As artists continue to use their medium to spread messages, another song is rising as a potential rally cry.
I skipped work to see In the Heights and I think you should sneak past your boss today and do the same.
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