The release of the Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous album in 1997 was something of a musical equivalent to uncovering the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Cuban sound had been ubiquitous in American culture ...

The time was right to revisit the Buena Vista Social Club. The blockbuster 1997 album and 1999 documentary, chronicling the recording sessions of an ad-hoc group of remarkable Cuban musicians, set off ...

A British high court is considering a case that involves a dispute over copyright royalties for the Cuban songs featured on the Buena Vista Social Club album released in 1997. An American publishing ...

Anyone lucky enough to attend the 1998 Carnegie Hall concert by the Buena Vista Social Club knows why musicians in Cuba are treated like royalty. The 30 musicians onstage that night were aristocracy ...

It’s been more than half a century since any musical artists living in Cuba have performed at the White House. But los cubanos will take the stage there Thursday night – and it turns out many ...

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As the documentary “Buena Vista Social Club: Adios” begins screening at a handful of South Florida theaters this weekend there soon will be another way to bathe in the warm nostalgia of that great ...

An irresistible rhythm is coming to Broadway! In Buena Vista Social Club, step into the heart of Cuba, beyond the glitz of the Tropicana, to a place where blazing trumpets and sizzling guitars set the ...

In 1997, Buena Vista Social Club broke through the Cuban embargo, through music, reaching out and creating a relationship with the American people on a massive level. By Judy Cantor-Navas Buena Vista ...