Adalberto Álvarez y su Son

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Afro-Cuban syncretismYoruba spirituality and SanteríaCommunal ceremony and ritualCultural identity and African diasporaFaith, skepticism, and devotionFamily and collective well-beingSon cubano tradition

By the mid-1990s, Adalberto Álvarez had already earned the title "El Caballero del Son" — the Gentleman of Son — a moniker that spoke not only to his impeccable musicianship but to his courtly devotion to Cuba's most foundational popular music form. Born in Camagüey in 1948 and raised in a household

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