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Articles by Ned Sublette
Geschichte Haitis in einem Brennglas: Die letzte Oase des Friedens
„Ein mystischer Ort im Herzen eines mystischen Landes“, mit diesen Worten hat der haitianische Hotelbesitzer und Bandleader Richard Auguste Morse sein Haus, das altehrwürdige Hotel Oloffson über den Hügeln von Port-au-Prince in einem Film des haitianischen Regisseurs Richard Sénécal beschrieben. Auf Außenstehende wirkte dieses 138 Jahre alte Architekturdenkmal eher wie ein lebender Organismus und weniger wie ein gewöhnliches Hotel. Am 6.
Haitianer:Innen auf Kuba: Sterben ist schön - „mourir est beau“
Das Städtchen Barranca in den Bergen im Osten Kubas ist abgelegen – weder Minibusse noch Allrad-Pkws, nicht mal Jeeps russischer Bauart kommen dort hinauf. Also kommt die Parade unserer Reisegruppe entgegen: Trommeln, Kostüme und Voodoo-Utensilien aller Art werden auf einem Ochsenkarren in Richtung des Dorfes Thompson ins Tal transportiert. Dort angekommen, beginnt auch schon die Voodoo-Zeremonie, die von einem Houngan, einem Hohepriester, angeführt wird.
Marc Anthony Receives His Hollywood Walk of Fame Honors After Globalizing, and Then Revolutionizing, Salsa Music
On Thursday, the most successful tropical Latin singer in history will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With his first hit, a reworking of Juan Gabriel’s “Hasta Que Te Conocí” in 1993, the then-24-year-old Marc Anthony became an international superstar, transforming salsa into something more personal — highly dramatic and intensely passionate — and remaking Latin pop music in the process. More from Variety Sheila E.
10 Must-Read Books Set In New Orleans
These 10 must-read books set in New Orleans include bestselling and award-winning fiction, memoirs, and nonfiction selections about one of America’s most mythologized cities—New Orleans in Louisiana. Take a stroll down Bourbon Street, enjoy the annual Mardi Gras celebrations, learn about the history of the city, travel to Cajun country, and get to know NOLA, otherwise known as The Big Easy, with these books that take place in New Orleans. 1.
Johnny Pacheco, musician, 1935-2021
The writer is a music producer and author of four books, including ‘Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo’ Johnny Pacheco...
Erna Brodber by Keshia Abraham - BOMB Magazine
Reading Dr. Erna Brodber’s novel Myal (New Beacon Books, 1988) is a transformative experience that unchains both truths and memories and moves you to explore what she calls the “half that’s not been told.” A reader of Brodber’s novels grows through awakened knowledge and memory to reach another place—a place, perhaps, beyond the innocence of childhood ring games, as in Brodber’s first book, Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home(Wesleyan University Press, 1980).
Bugalu on Broadway: The Dawn of Salsa in New York City
Eddie Palmieri Izzy Sanabria “There was the mambo,” said Eddie Palmieri from his piano bench onstage at the Blue Note a few years ago, “and after that there was the cha-cha-cha. And after that there was the pachanga. And after that there was nothing.” Palmieri was talking about the way new styles stopped coming into the US from the music capital of Havana after the Cuban Revolution of January 1, 1959.
Bowie An Illustrated Life By María Hesse and Fran Ruiz; translated by Ned Sublette
Description: David Bowie was a master of artifice and reinvention. In that same spirit, illustrator María Hesse and writer Fran Ruiz have created a vivid retelling of the life of David Robert Jones, from his working-class childhood to glam rock success to superstardom, concluding with the final recording sessions after his cancer diagnosis.
Fidel Castro: A First-Person Account of the Day the Music Died in Cuba
Musician, Billboard contributor and acclaimed author Ned Sublette (Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo) has been in Cuba this past historic week and was at a concert the night of Nov. 25, when the country learned of Fidel Castro’s death. As the former leader's ashes travel from Havana to his home province of Oriente, Ned -- in this exclusive piece for Billboard -- shares what it’s like to be in Cuba with all music suspended for nine days until Castro's funeral on the Dec.
Cuba and Its Music
This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Vald+s, Arsenio Rodr-guez, Benny Mor+, and P+rez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a Cuban point of view, unearthing surprising, provocative connections and making a case for Cuba as fundamental to the evolution of music in the New World.
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