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… ...

Although Cuba will not be taking part in the World Cup finals this year (they haven’t qualified since 1938), a certain Cuban tune is guaranteed to make an appearance. “Guantanamera”, beloved of ...

"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.

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 ...

Latin American Music Review explores the historical, ethnographic, and socio-cultural dimensions of Latin American music. Each issue contains film, record, and video reviews. Articles appear in ...

GUANTANAMO, CUBA-Count the number of times you hear the Guantanamera song in Cuba, people teased. I lost count but soon felt oddly forlorn every time musicians didn’t play it. It must be tiresome to ...

Xiomara Laugart, joined by Lea-Lorién Alomar and Gerardo Contino and the house band, pays tribute to Celia Cruz with a lively "Guantanamera" during the 2019 NPR Music Turning the Tables opening ...

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 ...