Host Lynn Neary meets the Afro-Cuban percussion and dance ensemble, Los Munequitos de Matanzas. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the group was on an East Coast tour and gave a workshop just ...

Lucy visits Matanzas, the birthplace of two crucial musical styles: rumba and danzon. There she records a session with “Munequitos de Matanzas”, one of Latin America’s biggest cult bands.

For people who hear the word “rumba” and think of Ricky Ricardo leading his dinner-jacketed orchestra at the Copacabana on I Love Lucy, the music of Los Munequitos de Matanzas is likely to be ...