The Cuban Brothers

Snowbombing 2012

Kengo — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:44:15 +0000

Nowhere else do you get a festival that is 5 days long and we were yet again in for another week of fun and action. The line-up was strong with Dizzee Rascal headlining the Forest Stage and Fatboy Slim hosting the Street Party. Shout outs to Tayo, Ben Westbeech, Barry Ashworth, Soul Clap, Heidi, Artwork, [...]

Kengo San runs the Sport Relief Mile (or two)

Kengo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:05:11 +0000

At the wrap party of Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, Kengo san made a drunken promise to some attractive ladies from Sport Relief in a moment of inebriated enthusiasm. So the Sunday after the Let’s Dance finals (which we didn’t win, but managed to raise over a million pounds – hurrah!!!) Kengo San found himself [...]

Through to the FINAL! – Catch us on 17th March!

Kengo — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:44:39 +0000

Thank you everybody who voted for us – and thank you panel for judging in our favour (and Jo Brand for giving us the deciding vote!). After an evening of amazing dance performances, we are through to the grand finale next Saturday – so please do support us again – and it’s all for a [...]

Last day in Australia – and now Let’s Dance!

Kengo — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:01:51 +0000

It’ll be a while before we’ll be able to wake up in the morning and walk onto Bondi Beach, but for now, our antipodean tour has come to an end. It has been an awesome experience playing alongside such artists as Erykah Badu, Greg Wilson, Africa Hitech, Hudson Mohawke… but we return to London and [...]

Let’s Dance for Sports Relief with Fatima Whitbread

Kengo — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:47:55 +0000

The Cuban Brothers will be performing on “Let’s Dance” on BBC on March 10th, with Fatima Whitbread! If you grew up in the 80s, you would remember Ms Whitbread, a world champion and Olympic medalist javelin thrower, I remember her being so much more than just an athlete; a big personality and celebrity. So it [...]

Playground Weekender – UPDATE

Kengo — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:56:35 +0000

It’s a pity that The Playground Weekender has been cancelled due to danger of flooding. New South Wales has been hit with the heaviest rain in more than a century!! So instead, we will be playing tomorrow (Sunday 4th) at the USNW Roundhouse alongside Shapeshifter, UNKLE, Bonobo, Roots Manuva and Greg Wilson. Those with festival [...]

MX magazine photoshoot

Kengo — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:36:28 +0000

If you are in Sydney at the moment, you’ll see us on the cover of MX magazine – the free listings magazine! Thank you to Señor Chris Pavlich for one of the most painless and professional photo shoots ever and to Celia for organizing it. Respectos!

Australia Updates!!!

Kengo — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:37:21 +0000

Hola friends! We’re enjoying the Summer over here in Sydney (sorry Northern hemisphere guys), and we’re getting stuck right in! Lookout for us on the next issue of MIX magazine, as well as on the channel 9 morning show tomorrow at precisely 10:40am (28th February). Our final run of dates are: 1st March – Ivy [...]

Splore Festival, New Zealand

Kengo — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:21:55 +0000

Splore Festival, about an hour’s drive from Auckland is set on Tapapakanga National Park. To one side of the main stage is the beach and on the other a gentle slope that makes for a natural amphitheatre. We arrived on site on Friday evening to catch Erykah Badu’s set – her performance was spot-on mixing [...]

The CBs at the Jazz Café

Kengo — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:59:30 +0000

Thursday 1st December sees the CBs, the live band incarnation of the Cuban Brothers play the prestigious Jazz Café. It’s the live band so it IS very much about the music, but also expect the usual Cubano antics of fun and action. Support will be provided by DJ Kengo San and the amazing Dirty Word.