Farewell Night at the Casa del Queso
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It has finally crept up on me: my last day in Santiago de Cuba. But it’s going to be a great day. I’ll be having a…
Tag: Rudy Daquín
Cuban multi-instrumentalist (guitar, double bass, tres, percussion, supersonic whistling).
Member of the band ‘Los Jubilados del Caribe’, who you can find playing throughout the week, outside the Bacardí Museum in Santiago de Cuba’s cultural quarter. Also resident guitarist at La Casa de Las Tradiciones in Tivolí.
Available for hire as a teacher.
The Beatles…in Cuba
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Beatles never quite made it to Cuba as a group, but what if they had? How may it have affected their music? That’s exactly what…
Cha-cha-cha Guitar with Rudy Daquín
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fresh from being shown how to use filin to ease a bolero out of the boogie-sphere and into the realms of sentimental contemplation, Rudy is now going to show…
Filin Guitar | Jazzin’ Up the Bolero
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After meeting Los Jubilados del Caribe yesterday, I return to the scene of the crime for my first lesson with Rudy. As I arrive, Los Jubilados are packing up…
Los Jubilados Del Caribe
I take the short walk up into Santiago de Cuba’s cultural quarter to a plaza outside the Bacardi Museum. My senses pull me towards the…
Open Mic at the Casa de Las Tradiciones
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The great thing about Cuba is: it doesn’t matter if you’re looking for the action or not – the action finds you. One night Marianna…