Nueva trova
Summary
Nueva trova is a Cuban singer-songwriter movement in which poetic language, compositional exploration and the public role of the song became closely connected. It is not a single beat or instrumental formula. A voice and guitar can carry a complete work, while other songs use complex ensemble arrangements and studio resources. Social commitment is central to its history, but its repertory also includes love, uncertainty, imagination and intimate reflection. Treating every song as a political slogan would miss much of the movement's musical and literary character. [1]
Contemporary and trending
Its songs continue through concerts, informal singing, recordings and later generations of songwriters. The founding period is historical, while the repertory remains available for new personal and public uses. Listeners across Latin America may know particular songs independently of a detailed knowledge of Cuban institutions. Newer artists can inherit the singer-songwriter role while disagreeing with earlier positions or changing the sound. Contemporary continuity therefore includes reinterpretation and debate rather than requiring one unchanged political outlook or a single acoustic presentation.
History
The movement emerged after the Cuban Revolution through artists and institutions seeking new ways to connect popular song, modern composition and social life. Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Noel Nicola are central figures, while other singers and composers broadened its scope. Casa de las Américas and film-related musical experimentation formed part of the environment. Traditional trova, Afro-Cuban resources, international popular music and concert training all contributed. Connections with Latin American nueva canción and solidarity circuits helped carry the music abroad. [2]
Musical characteristics
Listen for a melody whose shape follows the argument or image of a poem rather than simply repeating a symmetrical hook. Guitar parts can be harmonically and rhythmically active, and a quiet performance may contain unexpected changes of key, phrase length or accompaniment. Other songs use direct refrains suited to collective singing. The range matters: complexity is not the only measure of a song's accomplishment. A plain line can become powerful through the placement of a word, while an elaborate setting can leave room for vulnerability.
Geography and communities
Cuba is a connected island-wide song landscape, with Havana's institutions and eastern regional traditions linked rather than isolated. Broad adopted listening fields in Mexico, the northern Andes and the Southern Cone represent lasting singer-songwriter and solidarity circuits. These are culturally related but geographically detached settings, not evidence that every Spanish-speaking area shares equal affinity. A few pins at concert capitals would miss the family, university and local cultural networks through which songs were learned and reused.
Artists
Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés provide contrasting vocal and compositional starting points. Sara González, Noel Nicola, Vicente Feliú and later songwriters reveal further perspectives within and around the movement. A useful listening sequence compares a spare voice-and-guitar song, an ensemble arrangement and a live performance with audience singing. Each changes the relationship between an individual author's voice and a collective public. Folkways places Cuban artists alongside related South American movements without erasing their different national and political histories. [1]
Representative performances
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| popular | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvio Rodríguez | Ojalá — Villa Lugano 2015 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BBGmmSdwdwA | Argentina’s public television concert recording presents the Cuban singer-songwriter’s guitar-led nueva trova repertoire.[3] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. | false | false | false |
| Pablo Milanés | Yolanda — live in Havana | https://www.youtube.com/embed/qCwLbI1IMog | The singer’s official concert video offers a contrasting voice and ensemble treatment of a central nueva trova song.[4] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 22 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | Silvio Rodríguez – Óleo de mujer con sombrero | En directo en Madrid 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z-XGXbv1io0 | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-04. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-10-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[5] | popular | unknown | 2026-10-04 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-04. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | Silvio Rodríguez – Compañera | En directo en Madrid, Movistar Arena 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/T8u2SvjXSMY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-04. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-10-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] | popular | unknown | 2026-10-04 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-04. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | Silvio Rodríguez - Te doy una canción - Directo Coliseum da Coruña 2026 (Galicia/España) - 4K | https://www.youtube.com/embed/7A4VGN0EvFo | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: OuVill Live Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Coruña2026 stage performance; upload day is not assumed to be the concert day. Video publication: 2026-09-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: OuVill Live Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Coruña2026 stage performance; upload day is not assumed to be the concert day. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | Silvio Rodríguez - El Reparador de Sueños - Directo Coliseum da Coruña 2026 (Galicia/España) - 4K | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BgErxZm2ZRI | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: OuVill Live Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Coruña2026 stage performance; upload day is not assumed to be the concert day. Video publication: 2026-09-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: OuVill Live Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Coruña2026 stage performance; upload day is not assumed to be the concert day. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | La era está pariendo un corazón – Silvio Rodríguez | Liceu de Barcelona 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Av8CH3L7ofQ | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-01. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-09-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] | popular | unknown | 2026-09-01 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-01. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | A dónde van? Silvio Rodríguez | Barcelona, Liceu | 1 de septiembre de 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/m7iJ6SXZNbw | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-01. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-09-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] | popular | unknown | 2026-09-01 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: UniversoSilvio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-01. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| X Alfonso; Carlos Varela | X Alfonso & Carlos Varela - Como los Peces (Video Oficial) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/lGNPx0YpwEk | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: X Alfonso. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual2026 collaboration reinterpreting Varela’s authored song, retained as a named nueva trova crossover rather than every X Alfonso recording. Video publication: 2026-07-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: X Alfonso. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual2026 collaboration reinterpreting Varela’s authored song, retained as a named nueva trova crossover rather than every X Alfonso recording. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela; Jackson Browne | Carlos Varela at NJPAC 5/16/26, “Habáname” featuring Jackson Browne | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wnGYNSRMsUM | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: caddls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-16. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] | popular | unknown | 2026-05-16 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: caddls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-16. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela; Diana Fuentes | Carlos Varela at NJPAC 5/16/26. “Como un Ángel” | https://www.youtube.com/embed/7a8nyRQcl6Q | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: caddls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-16. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] | popular | unknown | 2026-05-16 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: caddls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-16. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela | Carlos Varela at NJPAC 5/16/26, “Fotos de Familia” | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uH1Kw0g_t7c | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: caddls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-16. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2026-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] | popular | unknown | 2026-05-16 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: caddls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-16. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez; Chico Buarque; Malva Rodríguez | Sueño con serpientes - Silvio Rodríguez y Chico Buarque | https://www.youtube.com/embed/4j9HIa11PSc | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Silvio Rodríguez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-08/2026-04-09. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named voices with Malva Rodríguez on piano; original composition predates this documented Havana recording. Video publication: 2026-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] | popular | unknown | 2026-04-08/2026-04-09 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Silvio Rodríguez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-08/2026-04-09. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named voices with Malva Rodríguez on piano; original composition predates this documented Havana recording. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela | Foto de Familia, Carlos Varela, Miami, 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/u0GmdrYHdzo | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Julissa Rodriguez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Miami2026 stage rendition, distinct from NJPAC2026 take of the same song. Video publication: 2026-05-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Julissa Rodriguez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Miami2026 stage rendition, distinct from NJPAC2026 take of the same song. | false | false | false |
| Liuba María Hevia | LIUBA MARIA HEVIA "Tan solo una señal " | https://www.youtube.com/embed/4qDyu880rd0 | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: TROVA en CHILE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Sala Máster/Radio Universidad de Chile musical performance; publication2026 does not establish session day. Video publication: 2026-02-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: TROVA en CHILE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Sala Máster/Radio Universidad de Chile musical performance; publication2026 does not establish session day. | false | false | false |
| Santiago Feliú | Santiago Feliu - La era esta pariendo un corazon (1997) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/6q0vCtsWOZM | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Miguel Toston Cienfuegos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1997. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Archive performance;2025 upload and biography dates do not make this a new recording. Video publication: 2025-10-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] | popular | unknown | 1997 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Miguel Toston Cienfuegos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1997. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Archive performance;2025 upload and biography dates do not make this a new recording. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela; Sweet Lizzy Project | Carlos Varela, Sweet Lizzy Project - La Feria de los Tontos (Studio Session) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ASxcxw5Ia9M | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Carlos Varela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021-08. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Documented Nashville studio session, separately uploaded2022; actual collaboration, not a generic artist-country inference. Video publication: 2022-01-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] | popular | unknown | 2021-08 | live | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Carlos Varela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021-08. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Documented Nashville studio session, separately uploaded2022; actual collaboration, not a generic artist-country inference. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela; Aldo López-Gavilán; Julio César González | Carlos Varela - Una Palabra (Official Video) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/0GdlcfQhTIU | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Carlos Varela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual acoustic rendition with named pianist and bassist; credit distinguishes this take from earlier masters. Video publication: 2021-02-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] | popular | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Carlos Varela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual acoustic rendition with named pianist and bassist; credit distinguishes this take from earlier masters. | false | false | false |
| Vicente Feliú | Te amo en las tardes (Silvio Rodríguez / canta Vicente Feliú) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wgHOcc9cPgM | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Página Trovadicta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual vocalist Vicente; Silvio Rodríguez is the composer.1966 is the work date, not this recording. Video publication: 2020-11-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Página Trovadicta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual vocalist Vicente; Silvio Rodríguez is the composer.1966 is the work date, not this recording. | false | false | false |
| Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela; Masiel Medina; Pedro Luis Ferrer | LENA FERRER Tiento Colibrí | https://www.youtube.com/embed/7sA2WeNYcTY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Pedro Luis Ferrer. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Lena’s authored song and actual Bellas Artes instrumentalists; Reynaldo Ferrer’s sound role is not a singing credit. Video publication: 2020-06-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Pedro Luis Ferrer. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Lena’s authored song and actual Bellas Artes instrumentalists; Reynaldo Ferrer’s sound role is not a singing credit. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Libro del amor (Lena Ferrer) - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QYB-5KAbglY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Si no fuera por ti - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/v1BeP73JURQ | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Yo no tanto como el - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/s3nIQ-RS4JY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Romance de la nina mala - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/G9WRFFtya84 | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - El tiene delirio de amar varones - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Q2efCeIjZc | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Fiesta de mujeres - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wcScz7KjGFs | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Que misterio hay en ti - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HnmaK_WpraY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Amame - Tampa, FL Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/lO9VFJWnb9E | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Yo no quiero manteca - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/oXSBqxTBGvQ | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer; Claudia Gabriela Luis; César Darío | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Ciento por ciento cubano - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZZVLdRFXKFg | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. Video publication: 2019-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] | popular | unknown | 2019-02 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Trova en Vivo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-02. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Named Cuban song performance at Tampa’s Crearte event; Reinaldo Ferrer is credited for sound, not added as a singer. | false | false | false |
| Santiago Feliú | Santiago Feliú - En este barrio (Vivo) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/dYMKB2oL1f8 | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Lente de Mauri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual singer credited; Mezo Bigarrena is the work’s songwriter, not assumed co-performer. Video publication: 2018-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Lente de Mauri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual singer credited; Mezo Bigarrena is the work’s songwriter, not assumed co-performer. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela; Jackson Browne | Walls and Doors - Carlos Varela and Jackson Browne | https://www.youtube.com/embed/qtoKlW2tUJY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Richard Palazzo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2018-06-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Richard Palazzo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer | Pedro Luis Ferrer & Lena Ferrer | https://www.youtube.com/embed/nKSW0TQYp6k | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Jazzconexion. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2018-03-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[35] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Jazzconexion. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Pablo Milanés | El Breve Espacio En Que No Estas - Pablo Milanes - Festival De Olmue 2.012. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_hpADHoB9k | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Germán Ospina. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2017-12-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[36] | popular | unknown | 2012 | live | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Germán Ospina. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Pedro Luis Ferrer; Lena Ferrer | Pedro Luis Ferrer & Lena Ferrer - Comienza un lunes (Eliseo Diego) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9eCNTOAZ6M | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: César Darío. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014. Bellas Artes2014 concert; Eliseo Diego is the poet, and uploader César Darío is not inferred to perform without an explicit session credit. Video publication: 2017-08-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[37] | popular | unknown | 2014 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: César Darío. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014. Bellas Artes2014 concert; Eliseo Diego is the poet, and uploader César Darío is not inferred to perform without an explicit session credit. | false | false | false |
| Vicente Feliú | VICENTE FELIU Créeme. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/dNoOb6XLXJg | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Sever Koz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Entre Manos musical performance; Marta Campos and Ray Fernández are programme hosts, not inferred singers;1978 is the work date, not this TV session. Video publication: 2016-05-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[38] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Sever Koz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Entre Manos musical performance; Marta Campos and Ray Fernández are programme hosts, not inferred singers;1978 is the work date, not this TV session. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez | Silvio Rodríguez - Ángel para un final - Villa Lugano - 30-05-15 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/kiBlfrTWuXM | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Canal Siete. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-05-30. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2015-07-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[39] | popular | unknown | 2015-05-30 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Canal Siete. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-05-30. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Pablo Milanés; Lynn Milanés | Yolanda - Pablo Milanés (junto a su hija Lynn) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFVezeC5Uj0 | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Ángel Grisaceo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual daughter named Lynn; do not substitute Haydée for the voice in this duet. Video publication: 2013-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[40] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Ángel Grisaceo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Actual daughter named Lynn; do not substitute Haydée for the voice in this duet. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez; Pablo Milanés | Recital de Silvio Rodríguez y Pablo Milanés (1984) - Parte II | https://www.youtube.com/embed/VvX52z0cebM | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Canal Siete. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1984. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2013-09-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[41] | popular | unknown | 1984 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Canal Siete. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1984. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Vicente Feliú; Silvio Rodríguez | Créeme: Silvio Rodríguez y Vicente Feliú | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BcnArkaNQLY | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Página de Silvio Rodríguez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1989. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Costa Rica concert;1975 in the description is a composition reference. Video publication: 2013-04-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[42] | popular | unknown | 1989 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: La Página de Silvio Rodríguez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1989. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Costa Rica concert;1975 in the description is a composition reference. | false | false | false |
| Santiago Feliú | Foro del Tejedor Santiago Feliú- Alto al fuego | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uN-tNKjXWgI | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: forodeltejedor. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2012-11-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[43] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: forodeltejedor. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Silvio Rodríguez; Santiago Feliú | Silvio Rodríguez y Santiago Feliú en Argentina (Luna Park) - 1985 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wGSttVv3LVs | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: telin2011srd. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1985. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2012-05-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[44] | popular | unknown | 1985 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: telin2011srd. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1985. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Carlos Varela | Carlos Varela canta "25 Mil Mentiras Sobre La Verdad" en concierto Paz Sin Fronteras, La Habana | https://www.youtube.com/embed/m2Xa6mLyjpI | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Carlos Varela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Paz Sin Fronteras concert; upload2010 is not asserted as original work/session date. Video publication: 2010-10-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[45] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Carlos Varela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Paz Sin Fronteras concert; upload2010 is not asserted as original work/session date. | false | false | false |
| Santiago Feliú; Gunilla Tulehag; Grupo Afrocuba | SANTIAGO FELIÚ & GUNILLA TULEHAG - Vida - ¡¡¡En Vivo!!! | https://www.youtube.com/embed/flhbZybXPPk | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Ronat Moreira . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1985. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Video publication: 2010-07-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[46] | popular | unknown | 1985 | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Ronat Moreira . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1985. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. | false | false | false |
| Lena Ferrer | Dime - trova by Lena Ferrer | https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRchM4EwcCQ | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Jazzconexion. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Lena sings and plays clave; uploader Jazzconexion is not the artist. Video publication: 2009-04-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[47] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Cuba; country:Mexico; country:Spain | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Nueva trova musical recording. Source: Jazzconexion. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cuban nueva trova repertoire in the established Cuban, Mexican and Spanish listening contexts of the current genre article; a foreign concert venue alone is not used to invent another genre country. Lena sings and plays clave; uploader Jazzconexion is not the artist. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Trova cubana supplies an older singer-centered lineage, while Nueva canción names a wider Latin American movement with related but locally distinct histories. Bolero, Son cubano and Afro-Cuban musical languages remain resources for composition rather than obstacles to modernity. Latin pop can overlap later recording and audience circuits, but a polished production alone does not remove a song from the trovador tradition. These relationships are best heard as choices within a changing song culture rather than rigid genre boxes.
References and further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 La Nueva Canción: The New Song Movement in South America — Smithsonian Folkways.
- ↑ Casa de las Américas 289 — nueva trova discussion.
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez — Ojalá — Villa Lugano 2015. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ Pablo Milanés — Yolanda — live in Havana. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez – Óleo de mujer con sombrero | En directo en Madrid 2026.
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez – Compañera | En directo en Madrid, Movistar Arena 2026.
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez - Te doy una canción - Directo Coliseum da Coruña 2026 (Galicia/España) - 4K.
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez - El Reparador de Sueños - Directo Coliseum da Coruña 2026 (Galicia/España) - 4K.
- ↑ La era está pariendo un corazón – Silvio Rodríguez | Liceu de Barcelona 2026.
- ↑ A dónde van? Silvio Rodríguez | Barcelona, Liceu | 1 de septiembre de 2026.
- ↑ X Alfonso & Carlos Varela - Como los Peces (Video Oficial).
- ↑ Carlos Varela at NJPAC 5/16/26, “Habáname” featuring Jackson Browne.
- ↑ Carlos Varela at NJPAC 5/16/26. “Como un Ángel”.
- ↑ Carlos Varela at NJPAC 5/16/26, “Fotos de Familia”.
- ↑ Sueño con serpientes - Silvio Rodríguez y Chico Buarque.
- ↑ Foto de Familia, Carlos Varela, Miami, 2026.
- ↑ LIUBA MARIA HEVIA "Tan solo una señal ".
- ↑ Santiago Feliu - La era esta pariendo un corazon (1997).
- ↑ Carlos Varela, Sweet Lizzy Project - La Feria de los Tontos (Studio Session).
- ↑ Carlos Varela - Una Palabra (Official Video).
- ↑ Te amo en las tardes (Silvio Rodríguez / canta Vicente Feliú).
- ↑ LENA FERRER Tiento Colibrí.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Libro del amor (Lena Ferrer) - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Si no fuera por ti - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Yo no tanto como el - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Romance de la nina mala - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - El tiene delirio de amar varones - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Fiesta de mujeres - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Que misterio hay en ti - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Amame - Tampa, FL Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Yo no quiero manteca - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer - Ciento por ciento cubano - Tampa, FL - Feb 2019.
- ↑ Santiago Feliú - En este barrio (Vivo).
- ↑ Walls and Doors - Carlos Varela and Jackson Browne.
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer & Lena Ferrer.
- ↑ El Breve Espacio En Que No Estas - Pablo Milanes - Festival De Olmue 2.012..
- ↑ Pedro Luis Ferrer & Lena Ferrer - Comienza un lunes (Eliseo Diego).
- ↑ VICENTE FELIU Créeme..
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez - Ángel para un final - Villa Lugano - 30-05-15.
- ↑ Yolanda - Pablo Milanés (junto a su hija Lynn).
- ↑ Recital de Silvio Rodríguez y Pablo Milanés (1984) - Parte II.
- ↑ Créeme: Silvio Rodríguez y Vicente Feliú.
- ↑ Foro del Tejedor Santiago Feliú- Alto al fuego.
- ↑ Silvio Rodríguez y Santiago Feliú en Argentina (Luna Park) - 1985.
- ↑ Carlos Varela canta "25 Mil Mentiras Sobre La Verdad" en concierto Paz Sin Fronteras, La Habana.
- ↑ SANTIAGO FELIÚ & GUNILLA TULEHAG - Vida - ¡¡¡En Vivo!!!.
- ↑ Dime - trova by Lena Ferrer.
Hotspot mushrooms
Nueva trova is Cuban in formation but has durable adopted song landscapes across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Broad fields express universities, homes and cultural circuits rather than just famous touring stages.
These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nueva-trova-cuba | Cuban nueva trova song and institutional landscape | 21.8 | -79.7 | 780 | 1 | Connects island communities, regional writers and Havana institutions. |
| nueva-trova-mexico | Mexican adopted singer-songwriter circuit | 21 | -100 | 1000 | 0.7 | Longstanding listening and performance adoption beyond the capital. |
| nueva-trova-northern-andes | Northern Andean singer-songwriter listening circuit | 3 | -75 | 1100 | 0.6 | Broad adopted cultural and university networks. |
| nueva-trova-southern-cone | Southern Cone nueva trova and new-song circuit | -33 | -65 | 1500 | 0.65 | Connected repertory across Chilean, Argentine and Uruguayan song communities. |