Traditional Cuban music received a major boost a few years ago when the Buena Vista Social Club arrived on the scene, but connoisseurs know there’s a lot more to the island. One of those treasures is ...

Record companies specializing in musical subgenres regularly market certain releases to tourists, literal and otherwise. For instance, blues labels tend to balance albums aimed at consumers who know ...

Polo Montanez, a.k.a. Fernando Borregos Linares, was poised to become a huge international roots music superstar when he was killed in a car crash last year near his home in Havana. He was mourned by ...

Cuban folk music star Polo Montanez, who died earlier this week following a car crash, has been buried in western Cuba. At the funeral, which took place in the singer's birthplace of Candelaria, ...

Cuban folk singer Polo Montanez died last year. He left a lasting impact on his homeland. Jesse "Chuy" Varela reports.

The Rhythm & Blues Foundation has announced its 2003 Pioneer Awards honorees, to be presented Feb. 20 in New York, as part of the events during Grammy Week, Billboard Bulletin reports. The Supremes, ...