Cimafunk brings its high-energy, Cuban-inspired funk and rock to the Paul JAS Center on Friday. The band is regarded as one ...

A pattern is starting to appear in Cimafunk’s album titles. The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, Grammy-nominated follow-up was called “El Alimento,” ...

Last year’s CimaFest NOLA was a chance for Cimafunk to tie together a lot of his life and work. He had recently made New Orleans a new homebase, and he along with his band La Tribu and a stage full of ...

Grammy-nominated Cuban musician Cimafunk is bringing his Afro-Cuban rhythms and Black American funk energy to West Palm Beach this Friday. Dubbed the James Brown of Cuba, Cimafunk — who has jammed ...

The third annual CimaFest NOLA is set to take place at The Civic Theatre on Friday, May 2, 2025, during the second weekend of Jazz Fest. The event will feature Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban funk artist ...

There are two sides to the Cuban artist Erik Iglesias Rodríguez, who performs as Cimafunk. "Cima" is an homage to the cimarrón, a word that refers to Cubans of African descent who escaped enslavement.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Salem will play Afro-Cuban jazz/funk on stage at the Zebra on Friday, July 10. Tickets are $5 at ...

Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Cimafunk to talk about how he's created his singular sound, the complex African lineage of his... Cimafunk: How his Afro-Cuban funk tells a bigger ...

Reviewers have struggled to classify the music of the Baboons ever since the band premiered a decade ago. “Spicy rhythmic gumbo!” said one. “Afro-Cuban funk and roll!” declared another. “Urban-tribal ...