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Buena Vista Social Club

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Afro-Cuban All Stars Announce Miami Date

    Even if you're neither Cuban nor into Cuban music, you've no doubt heard of the Buena Vista Social Club, originally a members club where musicians would meet in Cuba during the 40's, but better known for the rediscovery in the 90's, championed in large part by American guitarist/producer Ry Cood ... More >>

  • Film

    September 11, 2008

    Old Man Bebo

    Even if you're neither Cuban nor into Cuban music, you've no doubt heard of the Buena Vista Social Club, originally a members club where musicians would meet in Cuba during the 40's, but better known for the rediscovery in the 90's, championed in large part by American guitarist/producer Ry Cood ... More >>

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Puerto Plata

    Mujer de Cabaret (Iaso Records)

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    Arturo Sandoval

    Rumba Palace (Telarc Jazz)

  • Best of Music

    May 13, 2004
  • Music

    January 22, 2004

    Super Band Supreme

    The outstanding return of Super Rail Band de Bamako

  • Music

    January 1, 2004

    Are You Experienced?

    This year age triumphed over youth in world music

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    Genre-Bending Gems

    Surprises abound in three new discs released on the cusp of the holiday season

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    Hot and Cold Ferrer

    The Buena Vista Social Club tradition continues, with mixed results

  • Music

    November 28, 2002

    Yusa

    Yusa "Tumi Music"

  • Music

    October 3, 2002

    The Buena Vista Pirates Club

    Senegalese old-timers Orchestra Baobab get better with age

  • Music

    July 18, 2002

    Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo

    Bana Congo "Tumi Music"

  • Music

    July 4, 2002

    Maraca

    Tremenda Rumba! (Ahí-Namá)

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Cuban Flashback

    Cuban artists compete at the Latin Grammys like it's 1959

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Shake

    Bold booking draws top ratings, topples dictatorship, at Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards

  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    Orlando Cachaito Lopez

    Cachaito Nonesuch/World Circuit

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Rotations

    Compay Segundo Las Flores de la Vida
    Nonesuch

  • Music

    April 12, 2001

    Old-Skool Cuba

    The Afro-Cuban All Stars finally come to South Florida

  • Music

    March 8, 2001

    Los Super Seven

    Canto
    Columbia/Legacy

  • Music

    November 30, 2000

    David Alvarez y Juego de Manos

    Mundo Loco (Tumi Music)

  • Music

    November 23, 2000

    Various Artists

    In Griot Time -- String Music from Mali Sterns Africa

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    Nostalgia for Nostalgia

    Buenaventura looks to the future through the past

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Out with the Geezers

    Englishman Rupert Mould takes Cuban music to new frontiers

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    All About the Benjamins

    Cuba's musicians are anxious to cash in on the overseas market. But in the process they could sell out their sound.

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Omara Portuondo

    (World/Circuit/Nonesuch)

  • Shops and Wares

    May 11, 2000
  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Kulchur

    Los Van Van makes a grab for dot.com dough

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of April 27, 2000

  • Music

    February 10, 2000

    Afro-Cuban All Stars

    "Distinto, Diferente"

  • Music

    January 6, 2000

    Looking Back on Premillennium Tension

    Miami scenesters sound off

  • Music

    December 2, 1999

    Subway Son

    The self-taught feel-good grooves of Mo'Guajiro

  • Music

    August 12, 1999

    Son Sung Blue

    The sound of tomorrow's Cuba

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Kulchur

    Dueling at the millennium

  • Music

    July 15, 1999

    Rotations

    Dueling at the millennium

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Welcome to the Bureaucracy:

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    June 17, 1999

    Kulchur

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    June 3, 1999

    Buena Vista : New Music from the Old Club

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    March 25, 1999

    Free Radio Miami

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    December 17, 1998

    Cuba's Past Is Present

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1998

    Twyla Tharp's Rhythm Nation

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Salsa's Past as Prologue

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    December 25, 1997

    The Sweet Buy and Buy

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Music

    October 16, 1997

    Music

    Why Cubans Call the Ministry of Culture the "Mystery of Culture"

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Conjunto Progreso at Transit Lounge Tonight, Friday June 26

    Que bola, mi gente? It's about that time yet again to proudly don some Cubaneo. What? You know you love it. Even if you're not Cuban, there's no denying that we make some great grooves for shakin' your ass to.Providing an immediate opportunity for you to partake in some of that very ass shakin', Con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Legendary Cuban Band Septeto Nacional Back After 76 Years

    It's a measure of the new exile tolerance that a heralded band from Cuba is headed for Miami, and -- at least so far -- no one is talking about protests, pain or politics. ​The Septeto Nacional made its last U.S. appearance at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, where it won a Gold Medal by spreadin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Cuban Singer Omara Portuondo Cancels Show; Old Exiles Rejoice

    via jazzfestwienPortuondo​Ever since the Los Van Van concert last month went by without a hitch, cantankerous anti-Castro activists here have been itching for some kind of PR victory. They just got it today: bolero singer Omara Portuondo canceled her March 2 concert at The Fillmore in Miami Beach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Conjunto Progreso CD Release Party This Friday at La Casa de Tula

    ​It's a big week for local masters of Cuban son, Conjunto Progreso. Not only are they celebrating the release of their brand new disc Alive in Miami, but now they have a Best of Miami award to celebrate too, having earned the honor of Best Latin Band this week. The band is large: It's led by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Update: Buena Vista Social Club Returns to U.S., Cue Versailles Restaurant Protests

    The Buena Vista Social Club will play its first American shows in seven years this week, with appearances in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.​Like Silvio Rodriguez, the band's likely skipping South Florida for fear of protests from fringe exile groups. The legendary geezers are just the lates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Electric Piquete's Self-Titled EP Is a Little Bit of Funk and a Whole Lotta Latin Jazz

    ​Eletric PiqueteS/Tmyspace.com/ElectricPiqueteThe seven-piece band known as Electric Piquete only formed about four years ago. But from the group's inception (the product of founders Michael Mut and Ed Rosado's desire to perform at Churchill's annual Hialeahfest back in 2007), it's been drawing lo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Passion Onscreen

    ​Eletric PiqueteS/Tmyspace.com/ElectricPiqueteThe seven-piece band known as Electric Piquete only formed about four years ago. But from the group's inception (the product of founders Michael Mut and Ed Rosado's desire to perform at Churchill's annual Hialeahfest back in 2007), it's been drawing lo ... More >>

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