Cuban son meets Spanish flamenco, African rumba, Celtic fiddle, New York salsa, Bangladeshi baul rhythms and more on this vibrant celebration of the Caribbean island’s outsized musical influence.

 

Cuban rhythms and melodies have traveled farther than almost any other style in history, shaping the popular music of New York, West Africa, and Spain, and sparking unexpected creative conversations with traditions as distant as Bengali devotional song, Lebanese ballads, and Cape Breton jigs. 

 

Cuban Connections – From Havana to the World brings together artists from a dozen countries whose songs tell the story of Cuban music’s remarkable journey, from the streets of Havana to the dancefloors of the world!