Powerhouse Cuban singer Albita, who defected from her homeland with her band in 1993 in search of artistic freedom, shares her reaction to the news of Fidel Castro's death. By Lydia Martin Powerhouse ...

Peruvian singer Eva Ayllon and Cuban singer Albita may be from different countries and are known for different styles, but they do have several things in common. The performers not only share a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Grammy-award winning singer Albita Rodriguez is such a celebrated interpreter of Cuban music that when a new version of the opera Carmen was produced set in revolutionary Havana a ...

Fans of the traditional Cuban sounds found on the “Buena Vista Social Club” soundtrack should check out Albita, who appears at the Blue Note tonight and tomorrow. The Cuban-born singer/songwriter – ...

Strange things happen to Albita, the Cuban salsa singer who blithely strolled across the Mexican border into exile in the U.S. back in 1993. (Actually, she doesn’t much care for the salsa label but it ...

The big-voiced Cuban iconoclast records classic songs with old-school sound, performed in contemporary style. By Judy Cantor-Navas For Albita Rodríguez’s new album — her 14th — the big-voiced Cuban ...

It was crunch time for Albita, but you wouldn’t have guessed it. On May 10, she put on a concert at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium called Mujeres con Cajones, a double entendre referring not only to ...

Willy Chirino, Alvaro Torres and Albita Rodríguez take over the Charles F. Dodge City Center on April 4.

Cuban singer Albita Rodríguez made her U.S. debut nearly 15 years ago wearing a tailored pantsuit with slicked, short hair, a look that launched an androgynous image that created as much buzz as her ...

** Albita, No Se Parece a Nada (Crescent Moon/Epic): Cuban-born singer Albita has gotten a lot of publicity mileage out of her image as a maverick. The daughter of Cuban musicians, Albita pledges ...