Buena Vista Social Club

Chico and Rita

Sneak Peak at Xuco Xicana

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttThe Peruvian-style ceviche is garnished with radishes, corn and avocado.​Even though we were already full of queso and ceviche when the entrees came out last night at El Patio, my dining companion and I couldn't help but dig in. "Oh, this tastes just like something ... More >>

Omara Portuondo

Cuba's first lady of song celebrates her 80th birthday with the world

Buena Vista Social Club Screens At Domy Tonight

Greetings from Florida. By the time you read this, Hollywood Shuffle will be well entrenched in the Sunshine State on our annual pilgrimage to visit family, douse ourselves in cuba libres and eat our body weight in Cuban pulled-pork sandwiched and plantains. It's long been a dream of HWS's to visit ... More >>

Latin Music At iFest: Legends, Locals And A Party-Starting Funk Crew

Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. Today, a look at ... More >>

The Great Green Room In the Sky: The Grim Reaper's 2009 Musical Roll Call

​Thankfully, 2009 was a sorry year for the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter. Aside from the not terribly unexpected (but still weird) demise of the King of Pop, few bona fide legends went on to the Great Green Room Beyond the Sky. The Rock Death Meter rates rock deaths on a ten-point scale in three c ... More >>

Top Ten Latin Music Albums of 2008

Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that should ... More >>

Arturo Sandoval

Rumba Palace

Roberto Fonseca

Zamazu

Classic Cuban CDs

Reissues of six classic Cuban CDs

An Avril Afternoon at the Mall

Lavigne's top-secret tour comes to Katy

Land of Azúcar

Japaneiro’s Sushi Bistro & Latin Grill in Sugar Land certainly is living up to its name

Rock Death in 2003

Exhuming and scoring last year's pop-music demises

Ibrahim Ferrer

Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Independents' Day

WorldFest is back with the best films you've never heard of

Low Fidel-ity

There's more than just the Gulf of Mexico between musicians in Cuba and those from Cuba

Minibill

Flaco Jimenez

Rick Treviño

Mi Son (Vanguard)

Racket

"The Big E" isn't your typical DJ

Trials and Tribu-lations

Austin-based salsa orchestra marries ghetto funk with barrio spice

Felix Baloy

Baila Mi Son: The Afro-Cuban All Stars Present Felix Baloy (Tumi)

Shelf Life

Long after Britney Oops her way to obscurity, these releases will continue to sing

Omara Portuondo

Cuban lounge music

Red Rhythms

Maraca and Otra Vision

Rock Martyrs

New Radiohead documentary reveals the insecurities of superstardom