LAS FLORES DEL CHANGUI: (Speaking Spanish).
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:
In the Guantanamo region of Cuba, there's a style of music that's been around for centuries.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAS FLORES DEL CHANGUI SONG, "CUIDAO CON LA LENGUA")
GARCIA-NAVARRO: It's called Changui.
GIANLUCA TRAMONTANA: Long before it became a genre, Changui was the word for pot.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: That's Gianluca Tramontana. He's a music journalist, broadcaster and now producer of a new box set, "Changui: The Sound Of Guantanamo." He spent over two years traveling to Cuba, recording the traditional sounds.
TRAMONTANA: It came out of the rural plantation communities of eastern Cuba, mostly the Guantanamo region. And on Friday, after workers would work the fields, they would start playing music.