My Trip to Cuba, By Walshy Fire
Major Lazer's MC reflects on the group's historic appearance in Havana.
LargeUp Premiere: Bassic Division feat. Alejandro Delgado — “The Musical Machine”
Digital dub meets organic Cuban soul.
Short Folio: Alessandro Zuek Simonetti’s Cuban Odyssey
Words and Photos by Alessandro Zuek Simonetti, Intro by Martei Korley—
Our friend and esteemed photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti always has an interesting viewpoint, which is exactly why I immedia... Read More...
Free Cuba: Preview Gilles Peterson’s New Havana Cultura Comp + Free MP3 Download
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Havana Cultura: The Search Continues The new 2-disc sequel to Gilles Peterson's original Havana Cultura compilation of Cuban sounds from --is now ready for insertion in your... Read More...
Havana Club: Gilles Peterson x Cuba
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Revivalist
Speaking of Havana, UK rare groove and new soul champion Gilles Peterson recently announced the imminent release of a sequel to his Havana Cultura project hi... Read More...
Si Cuba: Cuban Art Comes to New York
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Ever since this Obama character took office, we've been hearing about a warming in relations between the largest island in the Caribbean and its northern neighbor. But so fa... Read More...
Man in The Hills: Hemingway’s Cuban Home Restored
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via CNN
Speaking of Cubans, CNN must have island fever this month because in addition to interviewing dancehall posterbwoy Skerrit, they just ran this piece on the current ... Read More...
Mas Decent II: Diplo Does Havana
words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mad Decent
As slightly more than 1/2 of Major Lazer, Diplo is mostly known these days for being the non-Jamaicanest champion of Jamaican dancehall culture on MTV and al... Read More...