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"I Was Destined to Be a Percussionist"

By Maya Quiroga

An interview Yissi García, the driving force behind Cuba's BandAncha.

This article is part of AQ's debut culture supplement, Cultura. To see the rest of the issue, click here

This interview originally appeared in Spanish in OnCuba magazine.

Music flows through Yissy García's veins. The daughter of drummer Bernardo García, founding member of the popular band Irakere, García was born in Cayo Hueso in Havana, the same barrio where the Filin style was born,...

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