Music Styles

NG La Banda Echale Limon CD cover

Timba

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

NG La Banda In 1993, the Cuban musician José Luis Cortés traveled with his group NG La Banda through a tour of Japan. At that time this important musician tried...

Cuban Son Complex

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

Son is a generic term for the musical family of country music originating in Oriente de Cuba (Eastern Cuba), as well as a style within the family itself. Traditionally, Son...

Punto Guajiro

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

Punto Guajiro (also called Punto Cubano) is the country music from the Western and Central provinces of Cuba. This style began to become popular around the end of the 18th...

Nueva Trova

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

During the 19th century different forms for presenting songs appeared in Cuba, all of which were marked with elements that offered national pride. Among them the Cuban lyrical songs were...

Kiriba

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

Kiriba is a style of Cuban Son from a different area of Cuba. It mostly originated in the Baracoa area, which is also where the Changüi was created. In fact where the fusion of...

Nengon

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

Nengon was the precursor to both Cuban Son and Changüi. It evolved into Son in Santiago de Cuba and Changüi (when it fused with Kiriba) in Guantanamo province. Nengon was traditionally played with a...

Changüi

June 20, 2019
Jon Griffin 

Changüi was born in Guantanamo Province, Cuba (specifically the Baracoa area) from the style called Nengon. There are some conflicting answers you will receive when you ask the question, “What is...
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