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1) Havana is a female Soul artist from San Diego, California Cuba has been making world headlines recently with its historic experiences of newfound freedom and—true to her name and the current global climate—Southern California’s soulful singer-songwriter Havana has a lot in common with the flava-filled Caribbean island’s fresh liberation. “I used to wear this shirt that said ‘South America by way of Havana’ and everyone would ask if I was from Cuba. A few people started to call me Havana and the name just stuck,” says the matter-of-fact musician who, despite the sultry demeanor, keeps it straightforward and who...

Havana 3 A.M. was the short-lived post-Clash band of bassist Paul Simonon formed shortly after the official Clash break up in 1986. The band consisted of Simonon on bass, American musician Gary Myrick on guitar, Nigel Dixon from the British band Whirlwind on lead vocals, and Travis Williams, a drummer who they found by a newspaper announcement. In essence, it was a rockabilly band with a heavy Latino and reggae influence. The band recorded a self-titled album in Japan in 1991. The album, which has twelve original tracks, received solid reviews and had in "Reach the Rock" a minor radio...

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Jakob Seidensticker and Henrik Raabe met for the first time in 1994, sharing a love of dirty electronic sounds with a clear bass line. Since this fateful fusion their joint project The Havana Boys has created a prolific output of fine electronic masterpieces. The boys sound rests somewhere comfortably between fresh beats, dub and house. In 1998 the Nexus Clubnight in Hamburg's famous Mojo Club drew serious attention from worldwide club music aficionados, and the music of The Havana Boys was right in the middle of it mind-blowing every night it was reported. In 2000 their tight electronic live performances...