Javier Garcia was born in Madrid to a Cuban father and spent his earliest years in Spain before heading to boarding school in Ireland (from whence his mother comes), finishing high school in Miami after the age of 16. So what kind of Spanish accent does he have? Well, by his own admission, something of a Cuban one when he sings, a kind of a Spanish one when he talks… (we called him and asked!)

Amparo Sanchez – una cantante y guitarrista de España – no se atemoriza de mezclar géneros, geografías e influencias. En la página web de su banda Amparanoia, explica: “Mi paranoia es la música y la idea era mezclar ritmos y etilos, divirtiendome desde la rumba hasta la ranchaera, o el bolero y el ska…” (Por supuesto, Amparo + paranoia = Amparanoia.) Escuchen el tema del 2006 “La vida te da” y oigan la rumba Afro-cubana interpretada por esta talentosa española.

Enrique Iglesias implores his love to "feel the rhythm" with him in his hit single, "Ritmo Total."

These three sisters, known on stage as Son del Sol, are representative of what is called Nuevo Flamenco (Contemporary Flamenco), where the classic sounds bump into other genres. The star of this song is a girl called Natividad (literally, Nativity) who goes to Cuba for some of the Caribbean’s charms. Like the music itself, the tale blends the Old World and the New.