Buena Vista Social Club News

The last time we saw one of Gustavo Santaolalla's projects in London was his Bajafondo Tango Club, the band who, along with the Gotan Project, made electronic tango fusion music a common soundtrack in fashionable boutiques globally.

Que bola, mi gente? It's about that time yet again to proudly don some Cubaneo .

The Buena Vista Social Club's piano prodigy presents an album of virtuosic, Latin-flavoured modern jazz that is old fashioned in the best sense.

The Cumberland Hotel will be offering something a little bit different and slightly spicier than usual to their regular clientele this Friday: an evening with the Luzna Orchestra.

Havana goes high voltage ... The Bar At Buena Vista . He calls himself an old dog of the theatre but the director Toby Gough is always on the hunt for new tricks, writes Gabriel Wilder.

One of the most remarkable live performance to grace Australian stages will start in Melbourne today and then head around Australia.

The Bar at Buena Vista will debut in Melbourne this Friday. It is the stop on a national Australian tour.

In 1997, the "Buena Vista Social Club" CD took the world by storm. Two years later, a documentary film about the musicians became even more popular earning an Oscar nomination.

If the movie gods are fair, they will allow "Fados" the same kind of success found by "Buena Vista Social Club" and other such musical celebrations.

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The two men in Havana's well-touristed graveyard beckoned to us. 'Come on,' they said.

A veteran Cuban bandleader who has been a pioneer in bringing Cuban music to the world is appearing in Miami for the first time.

Juan de Marcos Gonzlez Crdenas has been called "the Ricky Ricardo of the 21st century." His former band, Sierra Maestra, he said, was "kind of like the Backstreet Boys of Cuba" in the late 1970s and early '80s. But don't let the comparisons to a '50s TV character and a '90s boy band mislead you.

Actor/director John Turturro is embracing his Italian roots, by making a new movie about the Naples music scene.

2008 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis. 2007 Singer-songwriter Faustino Oramas of the Buena Vista Social Club dies of cancer in Holguin, Cuba.

When Juan de Marcos Gonzlez brings his 14-piece Afro-Cuban All-Stars to Town Hall on March 28, they'll include residents of eight countries, from Mexico to Sweden, Spain to the United States.

It's now a decade removed from the most recent boom of American interest in classic Cuban music, sparked by the revivalist Buena Vista Social Club project and its offshoots.

He is 88. 2005 Foghat guitarist Rod Price dies at home in Wilton, N.H., following a heart attack and a fall down a flight of stairs.

Salsa dura, or heavy salsa, has nothing to do with spicy sauces and chips. It's a musical style associated with the Caribbean and U.S. East Coast, and kept alive by ensembles like the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

The Afro-Cuban All Stars are back! The show I've been waiting for since 2002 brings achA© to Overture Hall Friday night.