Omara Portuondo News

Cuban musicians began returning to the United States in a trickle that promises to become a stream in 2010 Pop music ruled: The biggest act in reggaeton was lightweight duo Wisin y Yandel, but the bestselling group of the year came from another genre and island -- Bronx-raised bachata-hip-hop band Aventura.

Havana, December 4 The Cuban jazz musician Jess Chucho Valdes said on Friday that he is very pleased with his Grammy 2010 nomination for the album "Juntos para siempre", which he qualified as historical.

Cuban musicians are returning to perform in the United States after a long freeze on such visits, seizing the opportunity of friendlier overtures toward Havana from U.S. President Barack Obama.

Havana, Dec 3 The 31st Latin American New Movie Festival starts Thursday in Havana with over 400 films and the screening of Argentinean cinema "El secreto de sus ojos," by Juan Jose Campanella.

For most of us, Afro-Cuban grooves are a potent enough invitation to get up and move.

The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa.

New York, Nov 6 Singer Omara Portuondo and pianist and composer Jesus Valdes were among the winners of the annual Latin Grammy Award 2009 edition.

Puerto-Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 won five Latin Grammy awards on Thursday, including the coveted Album of the Year, helping cement their reputation as being among the vanguard of alternative reggaeton music.

Calle 13 performs onstage during the 10th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. The Puerto Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 emerged as the big winners at the Latin Grammys Thursday night, sweeping five awards, including Album of the Year.

Cuban singer Omara Portuondo is the first Cuban performer to present at the Latin Grammy Awards.

Omara Portuondo could be any Cuban grandmother, if that grandmother were a world-famous singer with tales to tell about 60 years of music and celebrity and separation.

For six years, the War on Terror has been fought against ... musicians. If you follow jazz, you know that includes Cuban musicians.

Hollywood ForeverCemeterySouthern California the opportunity to commemorate the Day of the Dead during a one-day festival Oct.

What a wonderful way to kick off the 27th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival - " a night with Omara Portuondo, the First Lady of Cuban Jazz, at the intimate Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.

SET 1 Paquito Hechavarria / All of Me / Frankly / Calle 54 Records Anouar Brahem / Dances with Waves / The Astounding Eyes of Rita / ECM The Silk Road Ensemble / Air to Air-K'in Sventa Chul Me'tik Guadalupe / Off the Map / World Village Mercedes Sosa / Cantame, duet with Franco de Vita / Cantora 2 / Sony Music-Argentina SET 2 Martin Portillo, harp ...

We're pretty sure a bit was lost in the very patchy translation from Cuba, but it was a thrill nonetheless to catch up last week with Omara Portuondo, the lone female star of the Buena Vista Social Club, in anticipation of her first visit to the United States since 2003.

There's a growing flood of mini-developments in the 'deshielo' between U.S. and Cuba, but this link from Cuba Colada is the most significant for Canadian music audiences and Canadian producers.

Omara Portuondo, the sultry-voiced diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, has been granted permission to visit the U.S. for the first time since 2003 and hopes a dose of her sensuous sound can inspire both countries to improve frozen relations.

Cultural Breakthrough Achieved Omara Portuondo, the world renowned vocalist who began her career in the music scene of her native Cuba in the 1940s, has been granted a travel visa to perform in the United States for two very special dates in October.

Los Angeles, Sep 17 Cuban rumba band "Los muequitos de Matanzas", Cuban musician Jesus "Chucho" Valdes and singer Omara Portuondo have just been nominated for 2009 Latin Grammy, to announce winners on Nov.