tres

Arsenio Rodríguez - Cambia El Paso



* Photo by flower_bee

homenaje

Buika & Chucho Valdés - Las Simples Cosas



* Photo by vansalaman

hermosa, primorosa

Toña La Negra - Lamento Cubano



*Photo by Jim Skea

soñoliento

Magos Herrera - Drume Negrita




* Photo by jencampbell11

mi canto de cristal...

Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina - Siboney



* Photo by Emanuelo

cuba linda [2]

Buena Vista Social Club - Quizas, Quizas, Quizas



* Photo by rvm_71

festejando navidad

Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera - El Cha Cha Chá de La Navidad



* Photo by raniel1963

negra y linda

Mario Bauzá - Bolero (Tanga IV)



* Photo by FoTógRaFoURbaNo

cuba linda

Alfredo Rodriguez y Los Acerekó - Aguardiente



* Photo by Thomas600

¡africa viva!

Africando (Eugène "Shoubou," vocals) - Grog Mwin - Guantanamera

noche buena

Celia Cruz with La Sonora Matancera - Aguinaldo Antillano



* Photo by crume

navidad

Duo Los Compadres - Noche Buena Montuno



*Photo by ken0624700

mis sueños

Trio Matamoros - Lágrimas Negras

cubana-be

Cachaito Lopez - Tumbao No. 5 (with Angá Diaz)

raíces

Bebo Valdés - La Comparsa

tres

Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto - Dunbumbanza

mi vida

Maria Rita - Dos Gardenias

marfil

Piano Cubano - Peruchin's Changüi Oriental



* More on changüi here

pregón

Celia Cruz (with La Sonora Matancera) - Caramelos

la ilusión de tu vida

Cuban trova seems (to my mind) to be one of the most resonant and enduring genres of music ever created. The combination of melancholy and lush romanticism is a big part of the appeal - and the music of Maria Teresa Vera shows why.


Song: Veinte Años