El son cubano, género musical bailable nacido de la fusión de raíces españolas y africanas y resurgido gracias al proyecto ...

In the wake of the Buena Vista Social Club's tsunami-scale splash in 1997, a host of veteran Cuban musicians -- including composer/guitarist Compay Segundo, pianist Ruben Gonzalez, guitarist Eliades ...

It has not been a great year for dance on the musical theater stage – until now. Choreographers Patricia Delgado and New York City Ballet’s Justin Peck bring it all to the tiny stage at the Atlantic ...

The sounds of Cuba struck me like a hurricane. I was in high school when the first Buena Vista Social Club album jumped the embargo and drew me to the rhythms of Havana. I’m not generally one for jazz ...

HAVANA (AP) — They were forgotten masters of a long-ago sound, their faces deeply lined and their hands spotted with age. Then, suddenly, at an age when many performers would be retired, the members ...

Earlier this morning, the cast of Buena Vista Social Club the stage on 34th Street to perform at the 99th annual Macy's ...

Ry Cooder is the American guitar player involved with the so-called Buena Vista Social Club, a group of local musicians in Havana whose 1997 album led to global fame and a renewed interest in Cuban ...

Thirty-odd years ago you’d couldn’t escape the folk-world sonic vibe in New York’s bookstores and cafés, its musty thrift stores and East Village hipster dives. There was the hoarse yowling of the ...

Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, considered the "heartbeat" of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his internationally acclaimed bass playing, died Monday of complications from prostate surgery. He ...

HAVANA — Two decades after the debut of the Buena Vista Social Club, it’s still difficult to explain how a Cuban band of mostly elderly musicians playing songs from the 1920s and 30s became an ...

Cuban trumpeter Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal died aged 91 - Copyright AFP/File ADALBERTO ROQUE Cuban trumpeter Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal died aged 91 - Copyright AFP/File ...

HAVANA (AP) — The legendary Cuban musical group Buena Vista Social Club is going on a global farewell tour before disbanding next year after nearly two decades. Communist Party newspaper Granma ...