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Salsa band leader Joe Cuba, dubbed the “Father of Latin Boogaloo" for weaving a fluid, bilingual mix of musical influences, died Sunday in New York City, a member of his group said. He was 78. The ...

Cuban rock musicians say a spate of recent defections by artists performing abroad has increased government suspicion of the heavy metal scene. This summer saw four of the country’s leading heavy ...

It’s been quite a few years since the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, under the leadership of tuba man/bassist Ben Jaffe, shook off the notion that it still played the same purely traditional jazz for ...

NEW ORLEANS - The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has played the White House, Carnegie Hall, all over New Orleans and the world, but a new destination is one that may not have appeared on the itinerary ...