One by one, musicians from the renowned Cuban salsa band "Los Van Van" made their way past immigration officials at Miami International Airport and into the bright lights and cameras of the ...

Founded in 1969 by bassist and composer Juan Formell, Los Van Van is perhaps one of the most recognizable music groups formed after the revolution. The group regularly tours all over the world and has ...

Los Van Van leader Juan Formell, who died May 1 in Havana, often said it was the group's job to make people dance. Under his direction, Cuba's hardest-working band delivered on that promise for almost ...

In 2010, Cuban band Los Van Van performed at the James L Knight Center in Miami. Hector Gabino El Nuevo Herald Los Van Van, the famous Havana orchestra formed after the Cuban Revolution, canceled ...

Major Cuban salsa and timba band Los Van Van has canceled its European summer tour after drummer and music director Samuel Formell suffered a domestic accident in his kitchen in Havana. By Howell ...

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 ...

The Grammy-winning Cuban band Los Van Van celebrated their 50th anniversary last month at Miami’s Studio 60 club with a sold-out show. One of the island’s most popular post-revolutionary salsa ...

Cuba's Los Van Van will play 13 cities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in June and July. By Judy Cantor-Navas Cuba’s Los Van Van will play 13 cities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in June and July. The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The train, that's what they call Los Van Van in Cuba. It's an apt nickname: for 40 years, the band have been at the forefront of popular ...

When Colombian pop phenom Juanes announced last year he was planning to hold the second installation of his Peace Without Borders Concert in Cuba, Miami’s exile community erupted in discord. Oh, there ...