Cuban heat, Canadian cool

The writer's description of singer Alex Cuba catches your eye: "There's this towering Afro reminiscent of Sly Stone's, the bushy sideburns that jut out of the corners of his mouth, the tight-as-tupperware ripped jeans, the big brown eyes, and the toothy white smile Al Green used to flash, back in the '70s." Cuba (born Alexis Puentes) is "like Marvin Gaye singing soul for a new generation -- a Spanish-speaking audience hungry for something more organic and tangible than your typical Latin-pop star." How this native of Artemisa made it to British Columbia and became a musical success in Canada makes for fascinating reading. To access the story in Sunday's Boston Globe, click here. And check out what Cuba says about the Miami music scene.
---Renato Pérez Pizarro.