The word rumba comes from Spanish ... By the late 19th century in Cuba, the term became associated with a style of Afro-Cuban music and dance, blending African rhythms and Spanish traditions.

“The whole eastern province of Cuba is to Cuban music what Appalachia is to country music in the U.S.,” says the co-director of the forthcoming documentary, “The Sound of Santiago.” “It’s so isolated.

Gershwin’s Cuban Overture from 1932 featured some nattily delivered breaks and riffs (trumpets, trombones and woods), but it was the exhilarating battery of Afro-Cuban percussion ... the Caribbean ...

The word rumba comes from Spanish, meaning “party” or “spree ... By the late 19th century in Cuba, the term became associated with a style of Afro-Cuban music and dance, blending African rhythms and ...

Robert Moses’ KIN celebrates their 30th anniversary with The Kennings, an all-world-premiere program (March 14-16 at Z Space) ...

As the Tropicana Orchestra strikes up, their music weaves through the air – rumba giving way to cha cha cha, flowing into the ancestral rhythms of changüí. The UK’s finest Afro-Cuban performers bring ...

Geoff Bennett: Latin rock, Afro Cuban funk and many other names have been applied to the music of Cimafunk. The 35-year-old star is now making waves around the world, earning Grammy nominations ...

Former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban said he wouldn't have traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers without receiving much more in return. Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison ...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban waded into the latest government tech shake-up on Saturday, offering support on the social network Bluesky for newly laid-off federal workers whose job it was to ...