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Y el comandante mandó parar 18·07·21 | 04:00 | Actualizado a las 04:04 Los que tenemos la edad necesaria para haberlo vivido, recordamos perfectamente la entrada en La Habana de las tropas revolucionarias de Fidel Castro. Era el 1 de enero de 1959 y sobre ese acontecimiento escribió una preciosa crónica Alejo Carpentier en la que describía magistralmente las últimas horas de la dictadura d...

Buena Vista Social Club To Celebrate 25th Anniversary with Deluxe Reissue The landmark Buena Vista Social Club debut album turns 25 on Sept. 17 this year, and to celebrate World Circuit is giving the album the deluxe reissue treatment, with a remastered double vinyl edition of the original album, a CD of previously unreleased bonus tracks and a 40 page book of photos, song notes and lyrics as well as biographies of the members and history of the original club and recording studio where it all c...

Rolling Stone Buena Vista Social Club Drop Previously Unreleased Track ‘Vicenta’ From Upcoming Reissue 25th-anniversary edition of landmark self-titled album will be packed with unheard material from the original 1996 sessions By Buena Vista Social Club have unearthed a previously unreleased track, “Vicenta,” which will appear on the upcoming 25th-anniversary reissue of the Cuban outfit’s acclaimed self-titled album, out September 17th via World Circuit Records. Penned by Co...

Print Pianist and band leader Irving Flores, 54, is a mainstay of the San Diego and Tijuana jazz and Latin-music scenes. He is now producing and arranging an album of jazzy Christmas music for trombonist and singer Dave Scott. It is due out later this year. irvingflores.com My last gig as a headliner was March 1, 2020, at Dizzy’s with the Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Quartet, which features Fernando Gomez on drums, Dean Hulett on bass and Amilkar Peña on congas. It was a beautiful concert, full...

In 2001, Keko Virán travelled to Cuba to meet Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer and Cachaito López – his idols from the legendary “Buena Vista Social Club” and to embrace the essence of the country and the people that inspired the rich, earthy roots of modern salsa music. The trip inspired the formation of Australia’s premier Latin band, with a nod to the Buena Vista through its strong Cuban Son foundations. ‘The idea was to create a small musical group to research and promote rhythmic...

Anatomy of a Song: From “Sweet Mother” to “Lagos Night” Cuba is 100 miles from Key West. Bruce Springsteen certainly knows that great music comes out of Cuba. But does anyone think he might decide to record a medley of Compay Segundo tracks like “Guajira Guantanamera,” “Chan Chan,” plus some of his other classics, and in Spanish? Seems unlikely. But this is precisely what happened when the Soukous Stars recorded “Lagos Night,” an epic 1994 medley of songs by Prince Nico Mba...