◇ image via WikipediaAlex Cuba
Alex Cuba is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Koko Stambuk, Nelly Furtado and Raul Midón. Those roots explain a lot about how Alex Cuba arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as La Santa Cecilia, Franco de Vita, Jorge Drexler, Jesse & Joy and La Sonora Matancera, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ron Sexsmith, Corinne Bailey Rae and Nelly Furtado, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Alex Cuba, reaching back through Koko Stambuk and forward to Ron Sexsmith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Alexis Puentes, better known by his stage name Alex Cuba, is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter who sings in Spanish and English. He has won three Juno Awards in his career, with two wins for World Music Album of the Year in 2006 for Humo de Tabaco, and in 2008 for his second album, Agua del Pozo, and one win for Latin Music Recording of the Year in 2026 for Índole.
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Alex Cuba connections
Alex Cuba grew out of Koko Stambuk, Nelly Furtado and Raul Midón, shares an orbit with La Santa Cecilia, Franco de Vita, Jorge Drexler and Jesse & Joy, went on to shape Ron Sexsmith, Corinne Bailey Rae and Nelly Furtado. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Alex Cuba
Sounds and acts that shaped Alex Cuba.
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- Jesse & Joyartist
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- Bacilosartist
- Compay Segundoartist
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- Ibrahim Ferrerartist
- Miguel Boséartist
- Aleks Syntekartist
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- Juanesartist
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- Alex Ubagoartist
- Rhythms Del Mundoartist
- Diego Torresartist
- Bomba Estéreoartist
- Ricardo Arjonaartist
- Cristian Castroartist
- Marc Anthonyartist
- Camiloartist
- Ricardo Montanerartist
- Chayanneartist
- Tommy Torresartist
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- Natalia Lafourcadeartist
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