"Guantanamera" may be Cuba's most successful export since sugar. Inside the country, it's an unofficial anthem, while abroad it's one of the most recognizable symbols of the Communist island nation.
The Mavericks and guest vocalists perform "Guantanamera" to a lively crowd in Havana. The Mavericks, with guests vocalist Lisset Diaz of Sweet Lizzy Project, vocalist Ivette Cepedea, Eliades Ochoa on ...
Amid the ongoing revival of classic cocktails, the mojito, whose fame suffers from Hemingway having consumed it more than written about it, still counts as a second-tier drink. It’s no wonder. Guy ...
Pete Seeger's version of the Cuban song "Guantanamera" was released on his album "We Shall Overcome," recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1963, in the year after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Seeger later… ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This week’s song has undergone quite a journey: from a 19th-century Cuban national hero to a 21st-century ...
Sage the Gemini had the clubs jumping last year with his hit singles “Gas Pedal” and “Red Nose.” Now the Bay Area rhymer returns with a new tune called “Guantanamera” featuring Trey Songz. On the ...
Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba’s magnificent filmmaker, was also a great political paradox. Publicly identified with the revolutionary process, he also was openly critical of its excesses and absurdities.
I admit it: Every time I see the sign for Guantanamera hovering above Nolensville Road, I start singing the Sandpipers song by that name, right up to the point that I ...
Pete Seeger's version of the Cuban song "Guantanamera" was released on his album "We Shall Overcome," recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1963, in the year after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Seeger later… ...