Latin music scholar and Cuban tres master Benjamin Lapidus expands the definition of the new breed of Latin-Jewish music on his new solo disc, Herencia Judia. Lapidus has worked in the past with ...

Benjamin Lapidus is a Grammy-nominated musician who has performed and recorded throughout the world as a bandleader and supporting musician playing guitar, Cuban tres, Puerto Rican cuatro, ...

When I was growing up on Long Island, every town had at least one rock band called the Long Island Sound. In 1996 guitarist and scholar Benjamin Lapidus, who still lives there, founded Sonido Isleno ( ...

For Benjamin Lapidus, mixing his Jewish heritage and the Latino culture he has grown to love was always natural. "I would have a Passover seder at my house, and we would pull out the panderetas (a ...

Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus about New York and Latin music, with composer and pianist Gilberto 'Pulpo' Colón. Show more Kate Molleson is ...