A surprise visit to musical greatness
I was walking with my Cuban street-hustler friend near the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago, Cuba's second city. The pulse of polyrhythmic drumming echoed from a poor apartment building beside the road. We had to check it out, and knocked on the door.
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