Fidel Castro's revolution brought a new musical style to Cuba, nueva trova not dance music, for which the country had become rightly famous, but the work of singer-songwriters.The new form of the music had strong links with the leftwing nueva cancion (new song) movement in Chile and Argentina, and placed an emphasis on poetic lyrics though the subject matter did not deal only with politics and protest, but could include love songs and reflections on life in the new revolutionary society.
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