This pillar of Cuban music got its start when double bass man Orestes Aragon Cantero debuted his charanga group in Cinefuegos. With violins, piano, flute, percussion, and vocal, the basic sound that ...

Although the group is celebrating its 73rd anniversary this year, any performance by the legendary Cuban conjunto band Orquesta Aragon remains a very special occasion. For many decades of its ...

Join Orquesta Aragón and special guest Pupi Legarreta on April 8th at Lehman Center for an incredible night of music. Orquesta Aragón is the premier chalanga band from cuba, considered the jewels of ...

A Cuban friend of mine just sent me this video of the redoubtable Cuban charanga group Orquesta Aragón. Charanga music is a kind of swinging Cuban chamber music prominently featuring flutes and ...

Years, decades and centuries can go by, but Orquesta Aragón doesn’t stop. The 14-member Cuban band, founded in the city of Cienfuegos in 1939, and responsible for dance classics like “El Bodeguero” ...

On Friday, April 7, 2023 and after more than a decade, The Jewels of Cuban Music: Winners of several Latin Grammy Awards, Orquesta Aragon, returns to the Bay Area! The Aragon Orchestra is a popular ...

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The Jewels of Cuban Music: Winners of several Latin Grammy Awards, Orquesta Aragón, returns to the Bay Area! The Aragón Orchestra is a popular charanga band from Cuba. Their characteristic sound is ...

You can’t find a charanga band anywhere in the world more authentic than Orquesta Aragon. Founded in 1939 in Cienfuegos, a French colonial town about 100 miles from Havana, it’s the oldest ...

Orquesta Aragon is yet another ensemble in the cornucopia of Cuban musicians hitting the global market and being embraced by North American audiences. Formed in 1939 in Cienfuegos, far from the city ...

Now in its 64th year, Cuba’s mighty Orquesta Aragon is possibly the world’s oldest dance band. Throughout its career the group has kept itself vital by tweaking but never fully abandoning its ...

Le Jazz et La Salsa, a blog specializing in Caribbean music, recommends these albums released in 2020. This article first appeared in French in Le Monde’s blog Le Jazz et La Salsa. 2020 saw the music ...