As news of the San Francisco timba trifecta makes it to the East Coast, New York strikes back with an incredible double-header to match El Pikete and Havana D'Primera in Miami...!!!

Direct from Lima Perú, and following their USA debut in San Francisco, Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe will open for Alexander Abreu & Havana D'Primera BOTH NIGHTS at S.O.Bs in New York City. The SOBs website isn't updated yet but you can...

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Alexander Abreu & Havana D'Primera y Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe

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Charanga packed Yoshi's on Monday and is back tonight for more madness. Click here for Tom's gallery. Many more photos coming soon. After SF, the band returns to Miami for several last shows.

And Havana d'Primera tickets, including the great new "all night pass" (both shows for a big discount), are already on sale (and going fast) at Yoshi's box office.

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Pasaporte by Havana d'Primera is the winner of Cubadisco 2013, Cuba's equivalent of the GRAMMY awards, in the category Popular Dance Music.   You can read our review of the CD here.

Vamos pa' la' Fiesta by Septeto Santiaguero is the Winner of Cubadisco 2013, Cuba's equivalent of the GRAMMY awards,  in the category Traditional Popular Music.  You can read our review of the CD here.  

Congratulations to both of these excellent groups!   In the days to come, we will cover the rest of the Cubadisco 2013 winners and share some more CD reviews. 

Pasaporte por  Havana d'Primera es ganador del premio Cubadisco 2013, equivalente cubano a los premios GRAMMY, en la categoría Música Popular Bailable.   Se puede leer nuestra reseña del CD aquí. 

Vamos pa' la fiesta por el Septeto Santiaguero es ganador del premio Cubadisco 2013, equivalente cubano a los premios GRAMMY, en la categoría Música Popular Tradicional.   Se puede leer nuestra reseña del CD aquí. 

¡Felicitaciones a los dos grupos excelentes!  En el futuro cercano, vamos a cubrir el resto de los ganadores en Cubadisco 2013 y compartir también más reseñas de CDs. 

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The 3rd Annual International Guaguancó Festival will be held from June 22-24 in Barcelona, Spain. This year's festival is dedicated to Gregorio Hernández better known as "El Goyo", a legendary rumbero who passed away earlier this year.

The festival offers classes with live music for both students and teachers in a wide variety of Afro-Cuban dances such as: Yoruba dances, Rumba Guaguancó, Columbia, Yambú, Contemporary Afro, Congo: Makuta, Palo & Yuca, Timba, Afro-Rumba, Franco-Haitian, Abakuá, Arará, Rumba Casino, Folkloric songs, Rueda de Casino, Son and Cubatón.

There will also be dance performances and live music including the amazing line up of La Charanga Habanera Friday the 22nd and Tirso Duarte & La Mecánica Loca Sunday the 24th!

Check out the Guaguancó Festival 2012 promotional video below.

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