Even in casual conversation, Cimafunk can’t help making music. On a Zoom call in Spanish from New Orleans, the Afro-Cuban artist constantly erupts into melodies and impersonations, scatting and ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. cimafunk-1.jpg cimafunk-1 - Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone “I kept saying, ‘Whoa. We did it, we did it, we did it,'” ...

Afro-Cuban funk artist Cimafunk and bounce icon Big Freedia have collaborated and performed together a few times in recent years, especially after Cimafunk made a new home in New Orleans last year.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Musician Cimafunk will return to Festival International in Lafayette this year for the 40th anniversary. The eccentric performer moved to New Orleans and caught up with WGNO’s ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Musician Cimafunk will return to Festival International in Lafayette this year for the 40th anniversary. The ...

Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. “The Cuban James Brown has arrived” read the headline of Colombia’s top newspaper, El Tiempo. It was February 18, 2019, ...

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.