Buena Vista Social Club News

 
Joachim Cooder On World Cafe
NPR
Son of legendary guitarist Ry Cooder, he took to the drums early on, and eventually played in the famous documentary Buena Vista Social Club. He's also worked behind the scenes, writing for the soundtracks of films such as Lars and the Real Girl.

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Word of the Day | modish
New York Times (blog)
... political metamorphosis that is widely predicted after the death of Fidel Castro, an image persists of a Cuba whose citizens drive vintage cars, wear faded clothes and generally inhabit the anachronistic bubble depicted in “Buena Vista Social Club.


 
The Guardian
Win tickets to AfroCubism live
The Guardian
AfroCubism was the original idea for Buena Vista Social Club. The original plan conceived in 1996 was to bring the foremost Cuban musicians and their Malian counterparts together to record in Havana and explore their shared musical history.


 
Omara Portuondo's Sigh Revives Work by Mexican Artist
Prensa Latina
Through this original biometric picture, the spiritual existence and The last sigh of the so-called diva of the Buena Vista Social Club will remain tangible beyond life, as well as her unmistakable voice, winner of two Latin Grammy awards in 2001 and ...


 
AfroCubism, Theatre Royal, Norwich
The Independent
Visa problems for the Malians put paid to that idea; Buena Vista Social Club was born instead. AfroCubism eventually appeared in 2010, and the album and stage shows, featuring Toumani Diabaté's kora and Griot singer Kasse-Mady Tounkara among a stellar ...


 
A.V. Club
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
A.V. Club
Strife-torn Africa's version of the Buena Vista Social Club, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars first grabbed Western audiences' attention thanks to a 2005 documentary and their quickly embraced debut, Living Like A Refugee.


 
New Yorker (blog)
What We're Reading: Tony Judt, Joan Didion, Hilary Mantel, and More
New Yorker (blog)
Having never been to there, and feeling generally ignorant, I'd taken a silly stab at cultural immersion before I left by watching “Scarface” and by reacquainting myself with the “Buena Vista Social Club” soundtrack. I'd also Googled books set in Miami ...