Afrocubism
Afrocubism

In 1996, Nick Gold, head of World Circuit Records, invited Ry Cooder to record a collaboration between musicians from Cuba and Mali in Havana. Cooder ...

Even without its novel-like back story, Afrocubism is a project of insane ambition. Cuba’s Eliades Ochoa (tres, cuatro, vocals), as well as Malian ma...

AfroCubism - "Al Vaiven De Mi Carreta" (AfroCubism)AfroCubism is the realization of producer Nick Gold?s simple concept: take a handful of Malian musi...

World Circuit Records’ Nick Gold attempted to bring some of the finest Cuban and Malian musicians together in 1996, but when that project fell through...

A collaboration between African and Cuban musicians was what the Buena Vista Social Club was originally meant to be, 14 years ago. But the players fro...

In 1996, World Circuit planned to record a Mali meets Cuba album in Havana, but the Malian musicians never made it to the studio. What happened instea...

Whilst the hugely popular Buena Vista Social Club was initially sold as the fruits of Ry Cooder's Cuban explorations, both in publicity material and i...

AfroCubism are a supergroup with a history that would make any publicist drool, and an album that almost does justice to their considerable talents. F...

This summit meeting between the grandees of Cuban and Malian music was originally intended as part of the Buena Vista Social Club, an acknowledgment o...