Buena Vista Social Club

...a mid-set wandering into a touch of Latin, reminding us of the passion that saw him at the core of the Cuban retro-lution with the Buena Vista Social Club whom Joachim drums for. Predictably and thankfully, Cooder brought out his old...

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...her death at age 99. After dinner, we wandered the streets again. Live music wafted from restaurants, where small bands played " Buena Vista Social Club" songs. Drawn to the sound of a louder performance, we stopped at a towering old...

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...Events Center in Las Vegas with their bilingual duet "Looking for Paradise." Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, the lone female vocalist of the Buena Vista Social Club, made history when she became the first Cuban who lives on the Communist island...

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...the expansive public spaces that look towards the Gulf of Mexico and, perhaps, catch a performance by the latest incarnation of the Buena Vista Social Club beside one of the two swimming pools. The music might not quite match that of the...

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...member of Cuarteto D'Aida, the beloved female group of the 1950s and '60s. More recently, she was the only female member of the Buena Vista Social Club. Her rendition of the bolero Viente Anos brought the heart-tugging power of classic...

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...Grammys for the first time, although I've been nominated before," said Portuondo, best known to American audiences as the only woman of the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon. Portuondo's latest CD, "Gracias," featuring her age-defying rich...

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To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Published Date: 30 October 2009 ANY doubts about whether Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club should continue to tour after the core veterans have passed away were dispelled by...

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...same reaction as people who have already heard it. They have liked it. Q: On your last tour, you were with all those men in the Buena Vista Social Club. What was that like? A: I felt like a queen, because everybody treated me that...

In this article: Omara Portuondo, United States, Buena Vista Social Club, Europe, Ucla., George W. Bush, Cuba, Palace of Fine Arts, and San Francisco

...a foreign country means foreign cinema, no matter if I do not understand it. In Spain, I swayed out of that homage to Cuban music, Buena Vista Social Club, into the swirling couples of a street fiesta. I saw the salty, 1930s film Man Of...

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