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 ...

HAVANA (AP) — 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 ...

Explore and celebrate the music that emerged from the introduction of enslaved African peoples to the Caribbean islands. The concert ranges from re-creations of the earliest known performance pieces, ...

The City of Asylum building on Pittsburgh's North Shore. City of Asylum’s History of Cuban Music concert will take place tonight at Alphabet City on Pittsburgh's North Side. The first concert of the ...

Pianist David Virelles has one of the busiest performance schedules of this year’s Spoleto festival, and that offers jazz fans a rare opportunity. Jazz is a musical genre that thrives on ...

Last year, Robbie Robertson played “The Weight” with musicians around the world, including Ringo Starr, Japanese guitar virtuoso Char, Congo soul singer Mermens Mosengo, and others. It’s been streamed ...

The Durham-based percussionist, composer, and improviser Joe Westerlund chats with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns about his ...

Hal Wyant Sr., 92, grew up in Cleveland's Central community back in the 1930s and '40s. He attended the old Central High School when it was on East 55th Street. Inside his parents' home sat a ...

Jukebox Broadway musicals need conflict and the evil suits at Capitol Records are a perennial villain for artists who just want to be themselves. In “Buena Vista Social Club,” the venerable label even ...