Cuban Serenade

Guitarist Elmer Ferrer crosses borders and genres and even fuses Cuban and Cape Breton musical traditions. East Coast fiddle legend Donnell Leahy also tells us what he’s learned from their collaborations.

We speak to pianist Miguel de Armas and manager/promoter Yasmina Proveyer about their decade long attempt to raise the profile of Cuban music in Ottawa. It's working, beautifully.

We are thrilled to share an episode of The Clave Chronicles podcast with our listeners. The Clave Chronicles is a podcast about the history of Cuban music and its global influences, hosted by Rebecca Bodenheimer. In "The Bay Area Cuban music scene" episode, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Dr. John Calloway joins Rebecca to speak about the Cuban music scene in the Bay Area. Calloway has written for Grammy-nominated projects and recorded several of his own albums. He has spent 35 years as a music educator in San Francisco public schools and at San Francisco State University, founding the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble and the Afro-Cuban Ensemble at SF State. Follow The Clave Chronicles on X, Instagram, and Facebook @clavechronicles https://theclavechronicles.buzzsprout.com

Maylin Ortega Zulueta and Joaquin Nuñez Hidalgo bring new sounds to the Canadian school system.

Snezhina Gulubova on Cuban music in England with guest co-host Melissa Noventa

Magdelys Savigne and Elizabeth Rodríguez on their new album: "OKANTOMI." Afro Cuban roots, jazz and more.

Cuban born and trained Cosette Justo Valdés is the conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Artistic Director of the Vancouver Island Symphony. With guest host Xenia Reloba de la Cruz (University of Calgary), we talk about classical music education in Cuba, and what a Cuban conductor brings to this genre. “We make music in ways that express how we live life. It’s always important to find the flavour in things.”

What is it like to be a Cuban migrant musician in Canada today? Singer Guillermo Quesada, pianist Willie Barreto and trumpet player Diango Vives speak to us about the Cuba they left and the Canada they entered.

Cuban musicians in Montreal are part of a tight knit multicultural community of players, some of whom can be seen every Monday night at Diese Onze, a basement jazz club with a hint of a Havana vibe. Part 1 of this episode features interviews with Alex Bellegarde, Rachel Therrien, Nestor Rodríquez, Díomer Gonzalez, Michel Medrano, Javier Muñoz, Adam Goulet and commentary about Montreal’s Latino music scene from Claudio Palomares-Salas and Ximena Holuigue.

Cuban Music on Canada's East Coast. Dee Hernandez has been making Cuban music since moving from Havana to New Brunswick in 1998. Plus a conversation with jazz sax player Jeff Goodspeed about the long-standing Halifax based Los Primos musical exchange project between Canada and Cuba.