Francisco Aguabella has been played on NTS in shows including Shanghai, featured first on 27 October 2018. Songs played include Image Of A Star, Dejomey Blue (Catalyst Remix) and Headstrong.

Francisco Aguabella (Born on 28 August 1925 in Matanzas, Cuba) is an Afro-Cuban jazz conga player, well-known on the jazz scene since the 1950s. In 1992 he won a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles, California where he teaches Afro-Cuban drumming to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California, Los Angeles. more…