What is the current situation of music in Cuba?
To be honest, I don’t know. It’s been a while since I visited the island. Mariem Hassan has been invited to participate in Cubadisco, in May, and there is going to be a concert with Septeto Santiaguero at the Teatro Astral in which for the first time a Cuban septet will accompany a haul singer from the desert in three or four songs. I imagine that everything will continue as always: music everywhere. There, when you kick a stone, it sounds melodious or rhythmic. What is true is that many Cuban musicians have settled down everywhere and there is not a major city that prides itself that doesn’t have a good son, salsa or bolero group, filling a good part of the aspirations of the local fans. For that reason, it is more complicated to organize tours throughout Europe with Cuban groups, because in most places they have their Cuban music needs already covered. You have a special relationship with Saharawi music. How and when did this interest arise? The first interest was political. In the 1
