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Super Mambo, featuring Costa Rican vibraphonist Felipe Fournier, pays tribute to Tito Puente at New York City Blue Note Jazz Festival

The entire club is soon bouncing to the rhythms and melodies of the music, a mix of standards such as Tito Puente’s “Five Beat Mambo” and “Confucius Mambo,” and originals such as Fournier’s “Vibes Bolero” and “Una de cal.” Super Mambo is paying tribute to percussionist Tito Puente, who was not just the King of Timbales, but also a sophisticated vibraphonist as well.

Video: U2 loves Costa Rica, as Bono gives a lucky Tica fan in Chicago the best concert ever

A Costa Rican fan named Marcela last Thursday climbed onstage in Chicago and danced with lead singer Bono, who loves Costa Rica and its people.

Costa Rican history as a rock opera – on a stage near you

“To us it is so important to tell, especially to the young people, the story of Costa Rica in a different way and with fresher language, using a music genre they can understand,” Mario Campos, producer and co-creator of the opera with Jorge Urbina, told The Tico Times. "We have heroes who have stood out throughout history."

New Order to release first full studio album in a decade

"Music Complete" will be New Order's first full studio release since 2005's "Waiting For The Siren's Call," and sees keyboardist Gillian Gilbert return to record her first album with the band since 2001.

Santana and Neil Young aren’t coming. Untangling the great, Deadhead acid test mess

a planned 50th anniversary celebration of Kesey's famous acid tests — set to take place alongside the Grateful Dead's farewell celebration in Chicago July 4th weekend, no less — has collapsed so spectacularly it's better described with a common cliché.

Schubert at sunset, anyone?

A voice, piano and clarinet trio will usher in the evening at the National Theater.

Marvin Camacho’s musical mission: ‘One does not choose, it’s a need you feel’

"Speaking about what you want to express is something complex and intimate. I always tell my students that the moment in which their work is 'public' it’s not theirs anymore. It has their name on it, but it’s not theirs."

Apple unveils streaming music, improvements to iPhones, Watch software

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Apple unveiled on Monday a new subscription service, simply called "Apple Music," to compete with Spotify, Pandora and other services that are quickly redefining how consumers buy and listen to music.

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