On their last visit to San Francisco, in 1992, Cuban folkloric troupe Los Muñequitos de Matanzas did a rumba version of Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)." At the ...

The stereotype of Cuban music is that it’s a single genre, but the music of the island is an immensely rich kaleidoscope of sounds, styles and formats--a reflection of Cuba’s complex cultural identity ...

According to the legend of Los Munequitos de Matanzas, the Afro-Cuban music and dance troupe was born one day in 1952 in a bar called El Gallo (the Rooster) in the Cuban coastal town of Matanzas. The ...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- To fully appreciate the Cuban troupe Los Munequitos de Matanzas, on stage at MASS MoCA this weekend, you must allow yourself to be transported not only to another country, but ...

Tom Schnabel hosts a live, in-studio performance by Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Cuba's leading exponents of Afro-Cuban rhythms. Tom Schnabel hosts a live, in-studio performance by Los Munequitos de ...

In the first days of October 1952 a group of young rumberos found themselves after work enjoying their evening's rest Los in the bar “El Gallo” on the corner of Matanzas and Daoiz Streets in the ...

Friday night, there was a near revolt at the HotHouse. By 10 p.m., the aptly named club was jammed with sweating music lovers. (The air conditioner remained mysteriously off until well after midnight.

2003 - It is announced by his family that Ricardo Cane, singer of Afro-Cuban rumba band Los Munequitos de Matanzas, died earlier in the month of a heart condition in his hometown of Matanzas, Cuba… By ...

When Los Munequitos de Matanzas takes the stage here next week, its appearance will mark a historic musical event. The tour is the first time in the group`s 40-year history that it is playing in the ...

For people who hear the word “rumba” and think of Ricky Ricardo leading his dinner-jacketed orchestra at the Copacabana on I Love Lucy, the music of Los Munequitos de Matanzas is likely to be either a ...

Host Lynn Neary meets the Afro-Cuban percussion and dance ensemble, Los Munequitos de Matanzas. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the group was on an East Coast tour and gave a workshop just outside ...