National Geographic Music (National Geographic)

A Spanish colony occupied by the English, inhabited by slaves from Africa, an asylum for the French fleeing the Revolution in Santo Domingo, Cuba is an island of cultural blending. From this cradle have emerged a multitude of musical forms, whose evolution is strongly linked with the vitality of the island's bands and musicians.

This charanga band, created in 1994, brings together 12 of the best musicians from the region of Santiago: Osvaldo Correa Marten is the artistic director and his repertoire is that of classical charangas, danzon, son, cha-cha-cha, bolero and guaracha. —Courtesy Calabash Music