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Once upon a time, music fit neatly into well-defined sections at record stores. Genres like rock, pop, jazz, salsa, tango and classical all had their own artists, audiences and venues. Cuban music though, was always the exception to the rule. For generations, from Ernesto Lecuona to Israel Lopez ...

He started his career at the end of the 70's with the "Movimiento de la Nueva Trova" at the University of Havana as a member of the group "Cuba Nueva" which played traditional Cuban music. In 1981 he participated on a national TV competition and won as a soloist. This was the birth of his success...

Orbe Ortiz, aka "Papa Orbe" was born in Santiago de Cuba in a family of musicians and learned to play cuban tres and bass guitar at a very young age. At 15 years old he started to perform with Casa de la Trova and later with artists like Felix Chapottin, Albita Rodriguez, and Ignacio Piñeiro. Orb...