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Playing Castro's Tune

How were musicians in Cuba affected by the communist revolution of 1959?

Stephen Evans travels to Cuba to find out how the country's music and musicians were affected by the revolution. He talks to musicians who worked either side of the revolution and also finds out how the regime feared and tried to counter rock n' roll. Interviewees include jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and Luis Papin of Los Papines.

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23 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project