Cuban journalist Rafa Escalona joins Rebecca to talk about the latest trends in Cuban music, including how hard it is to track this information on the island and how recent out-migration has affected the evolution and definition of "música cubana." While contemporary Cuban music is of course dominated by reparto, the songs shared by Rafa provide a broader look into the latest trends.

Songs played:

Un Momentico + — Melanie Santiler & Dale Pututi

Andala Remix — Wildey, Musteerifa & Raydel El Q Manda

Suite Para Isaac Oviedo — Jorge Iván Martín feat. Juan Carlos Aguilera

Amanacer Sin Ti — Albita & Lenier

Tertuliando — Angel Toirac feat.

LINKS

Newness Cuba playlist (50 best songs in Cuban music from the past year): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1gPyKTGHHQy16z7YO2lhHV

Cuba Tracklist (Instagram account with weekly lists of most popular Cuban tracks): https://www.instagram.com/cubatracklist/

Rafa's Substack: https://divagacionesmusicales.substack.com/

A recent piece Rafa wrote (in Spanish) about reparto and YouTube: https://revistaelestornudo.com/reparto-youtube-dicen-charts-musica-cubana/

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