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Under Trump, the Voice of America has fallen silent. US enemies are cheering

Korea Times 23 Mar 2025
By Geoffrey Cowan ... was still a powerful force ... For decades Willis Conover brought jazz to the world — often to nations where his program was banned. The great Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval went to jail for listening to jazz on VOA ... .
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Commentary: Under Trump, the Voice of America has fallen silent. US enemies are cheering

The Spokesman-Review 22 Mar 2025
was still a powerful force ... But VOA never stopped broadcasting ... For decades Willis Conover brought jazz to the world – often to nations where his program was banned. The great Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval went to jail for listening to jazz on VOA ... .
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Opinion: Voice of America has fallen silent. U.S. enemies are cheering

East Bay Times 22 Mar 2025
was still a powerful force ... Others fill the void ... For decades Willis Conover brought jazz to the world — often to nations where his program was banned. The great Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval went to jail for listening to jazz on VOA ... .
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Reissue of the Week: Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith

The Quietus 21 Mar 2025
funk, R&B, jazz, even Afro-Cuban and Latin, smooshed together by the joyful sincerity of Donald Smith’s sonorous vocal and the gauzy mysticism that cloaks the entire operation.
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The Kennedy Center Performers Who Didn’t Cancel

The Atlantic 21 Mar 2025
In the first month of Trump’s chairmanship, the Center hosted a children’s play based on the Navajo creation myth; a class on Caribbean-carnival dancing that teaches, “Every Body is a Carnival Body”; ...
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San Jose’s New Ballet serving up smorgasbord of new works

The Mercury News 20 Mar 2025
Hong says his choreography is often inspired by his Sino-Haitian-Cuban heritage ...It’s a beautiful panorama of the Cuban scene, and of Cuban culture — just the whole Latin jazz world,” he said.
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'Murder on the Orient Express' at The Civic: Fun things to do this weekend in Ocala/Marion

Ocala Star Banner 19 Mar 2025
What are the best restaurants in Florida? Here's 15 of our favorites ... THIS WEEKEND. 2025 Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series. Okan (Afro-Cuban jazz). Okan (Afro-Cuban jazz) will play March 21 in the latest installment of this concert series ... Knightsnake.
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Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences

San Diego Union-Tribune 18 Mar 2025
ljathenaeum.org/jazz ... Gilbert Castellanos, “Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Celebration.” $200 for the series for Community Center members, $245 for non-members; $25 per concert for members and $30 for non-members in advance, $35 at the door.
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Spring Arts Preview 2025: Our top 10 music picks for the season

San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Mar 2025
livenation.com Cuban jazz and Latin-music sensation Omar Sosa will make his San Diego debut with his band, under the auspices of Athenaeum Jazz at Scripps Research Auditorium.
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Saxophonist Darryl Yokley Channels ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Through the Lens of Contemporary Jazz

The Village Voice 13 Mar 2025
The album contains 12 tunes, from the effervescent “Macondo” to “El Pueblo,” a vallenato (a Colombian folk music genre that originated in the Caribbean), to “El Duelo,” which is straight-up Latin jazz ...
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Live Oak International, Levitt AMP concert and more: Fun things to do this weekend in Ocala

Ocala Star Banner 12 Mar 2025
The latest version of this series kicks off March 14 with Joslyn and the Sweet Compression (funk/soul) followed on March 21 by Okan (Afro-Cuban jazz.) Organizing this concert series are the Marion Cultural Alliance, the city of Ocala, the Dr.
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Second Course review: Coray Kitchen in Delmar has hit its stride

Times Union 12 Mar 2025
... about, but as guests thinned out later in the evening, it quieted enough for us to hear a playlist that loops from the Latin jazz of Ray Barretto & New World Spirit to the Cuban mambo of Cachao Lopez.
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Where to Find the Best Cocktails and Vibes in Miami

New York Observer 10 Mar 2025
This intimate subterranean lounge under the Gale South Beach hotel pulses with energy, starting with live jazz from 7 p.m ... on Fridays and jazz night every Sunday from 8 p.m ... The tropical-themed bar features live jazz, mojitos and classic Cuban cuisine.
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First Friday Art Walk, Master Gardeners' festival and more: Fun things to do this weekend

Ocala Star Banner 05 Mar 2025
The latest version of this series kicks off March 14 with Joslyn and the Sweet Compression (funk/soul) followed on March 21 by Okan (Afro-Cuban jazz.) Organizing this concert series are the Marion Cultural Alliance, the city of Ocala, the Dr.
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Kravis Center announces lineup for 2025-2026 Classical Concert Series

Palm Beach Daily News 03 Mar 2025
Founded in 1815, when James Madison was in the White House, the Handel and Haydn Society also has been running the longest U.S ... 3 ... 36) and Dvořák (No ... the familiar one by Haydn, and "Concerto Venezolano," by the Cuban jazz saxophonist Paquito d'Rivera.
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