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Guille Vilar

About Guille Vilar

National Award of Cultural Journalism. Radio National Award. Bachelor in Arts and Letters at the University of Havana. Since 1976 he works as a director and scriptwriter for TV and radio musical shows. He has written review columns for the main publications of the country. He has directed many rock concerts. His multimedia Van Van is a permanent reference to understanding the work of this popular band. He’s currently the artistic director of the Yellow Submarine, a club at the capital that promotes rock music with Cuban bands.

Van Van es huge deal

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Some tips to understanding how a popular dance music group can remain as the absolute first place for fifty years in a country like Cuba which is full of music, dances and other bands of every possible format.  On December 4th, 1969, when Juan Formell premiered Los Van Van Orchestra on 23rd St., between O and P St., in the middle of La … [Read more...] about Van Van es huge deal

John Lennon Sitting at a Park in Havana City

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A park named after rock Havana is not a city of many parks. Other Latin American capitals surpass it by far, even some of the cities in country, like Holguín and Sancti Spíritus. But something in favor of Havana is that most of its parks have interesting stories to tell, they have the same original design of other times and that romantic air of Spanish tradition. It's a … [Read more...] about John Lennon Sitting at a Park in Havana City