A foreign rock star’s visit to America typically doesn’t affect U.S. foreign policy. But Cuban musician Carlos Varela is here for the first time in 11 years. Denied a U.S. visa in 2004, Varela’s visit ...

The idea that heavy metal bands exist in Cuba — and that they belong to a government entity with the comically Orwellian name of the Rock Agency — may be hard for some to believe. Filmed ...

“I think that heavy metal music in Cuba will always be a style of music with lots of attitude, rebelliousness and a lot of strong words. Heavy metal here reflects the situations we live in every day.

At the end of his internationally televised concert in Havana’s Revolution Plaza on Sunday, Sept. 20, Colombian rock superstar Juanes looked out at a crowd of more than 1 million and shouted, “Cuba ...

One website, Cuba-Metal.com, run by a Cuban expat living in Spain, has become a good clearinghouse for music and information, but it’s inaccessible to most Cubans themselves. Chapet has had some ...

"We are the last freaks in Havana!" Topic has unveiled a trailer for an acclaimed indie documentary called Los Últimos Frikis, which originally premiered at the 2019 DOC NYC Film Festival. It's ...

“Racism,” in Harry’s view does not apply to the regime which jailed many more black political prisoners for longer and under much more horrible conditions than apartheid-era South Africa incarcerated ...

The idea that heavy metal bands exist in Cuba — and that they belong to a government entity with the comically Orwellian name of the Rock Agency — may be hard for some to believe. Filmed ...

Central Havana is a strikingly handsome shambles of gorgeous 200- and 300-year-old buildings on the verge of collapse. Small, blackish clouds rise from the tailpipes of aging automobiles and fill the ...