In the first days of October 1952 a group of young rumberos found themselves after work enjoying their evening's rest Los in the bar “El Gallo” on the corner of Matanzas and Daoiz Streets in the ...
On their last visit to San Francisco, in 1992, Cuban folkloric troupe Los Muñequitos de Matanzas did a rumba version of Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)." At the ...
According to the legend of Los Munequitos de Matanzas, the Afro-Cuban music and dance troupe was born one day in 1952 in a bar called El Gallo (the Rooster) in the Cuban coastal town of Matanzas. The ...
With 2 days left in our spring campaign, we have a new $10,000 goal! New Times members have already contributed more than $7,500 - can you help us hit our new goal and keep New Times free and in print ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This spring, Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA come together once again to ...
The vicissitudes of U.S.-Cuba relations have kept these masters of Afro-Cuban rumba out of New York for nearly a decade. The loss is ours. “Drum of Fire in Tribute to the Ancestors,” the title of the ...