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Sep 29, 2015 · Following the 1959 revolution in Cuba and the US trade embargo against the communist state, musicians on the Caribbean island had little chance to sell their albums abroad.
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Sep 20, 2021 · NPR's Rachel Martin talks to music journalist Judy Cantor-Navas about Cuban music's impact on the Buena Vista Social Club. The group's popular album came out 25 years ago this month.
- The Performance Hall – Cuba in A Nutshell
- Buena Vista Social Club and Afro-Cuban Music
- Buena Vista Social Club – Live in Havana, Cuba
- Getting There
Many people have asked about traveling to Cuba and what it was like. The long and short of it is this: if you are interested in an unspoiled snapshot of Caribbean life 60 years ago, this is your place. If you are a casual vacationer expecting a glitzy show, you’d be advised to stay away. I’ll spend more time on the topic of whether Americans are re...
The group created a rekindled love for son cubano, the distinctive style of Spanish/African fusion music, two decades earlier. That’s when a group of musicians came out of retirement to record an album to preserve the Afro-Cuban style. Because of the lingering embargo, these musicians were denied a visa to attend the Academy Awards ceremony when th...
The show started big with Chan Chan, perhaps the most identifiable song of their vast repertoire. Nearly two dozen performers opened the show. After that, nearly every performer had a featured number with a core band backing them up. The show ended with a 15-minute rendition of Guantanamerafeaturing the entire band performing the best-known song in...
The Buena Vista Social Club and Afro Cuban All Stars play nightly at the Sociedad Cultural Rosalia de Castro in Havana with a show time of 9:30 pm. Tickets were 30 CUC (around $30 USD each) and included 3 drinks per person. While tickets can be purchased at the door, if still available, visitors may wish to purchase in advance to ensure a seat if v...
Mar 20, 2015 · The story of how a group of aging Cuban musicians became famous as the Buena Vista Social Club is one of music’s best. Peter Culshaw describes a passing era.
As Cuban revolutions go, it was an entirely peaceable uprising – but its impact could not have been more profound. On the release of the Buena Vista Social Club™ album in 1997, few outside the specialist world music audience initially took much notice of the record’s elegantly sculpted tunes and warm, acoustic rhythms.
Sep 11, 2020 · Buena Vista Social Club: The vindication of Cuban music. By Rocío de Lucía (Cuban Musicologist) In a marginal neighborhood of Havana in the 1930s, an “alluring mestiza” danced in a black social club, eventually packing the most important and distinguished stages in the world.
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[32] Although Wenders knew nothing about Cuban music at the time, he became enthused by tapes of the Havana sessions provided by Cooder, and agreed to travel to the island to film the recording of Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer, the singer's first solo album, in 1998.
