“Cuban son”

In 1929 Ignacio Pineiro wrote and recorded the song "Suavecito" with his Septeto Nacional, which included the above lines, and became a huge hit. With that, he helped to popularize what had been a marginalized genre. In 2018, there…

The root of Salsa music is most closely associated to the Cuban rhythm of "Son". The Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro maintains the music of one of the main creators of Cuban "son". I had the opportunity to talk to Frank Oropesa, the…