When Ry Cooder gathered a group of legendary Cuban musicians to record an album and tour together in 1998, time was of the essence, because many of them were well into their twilight years, having ...
Two decades after the Cuban all-star group's unlikely revival, Lucy Walker says 'Buena Vista Social Club: Adios.' By THR Staff Produced during the shocking success of 1997’s Buena Vista Social Club ...
Director Wim Wenders delivered a rousing non-fiction hit in 1999 with Buena Vista Social Club, which charted the efforts of songwriter and producer Ry Cooder to assemble a who’s-who of famous Cuban ...
The 1997 “Buena Vista Social Club” album and Wim Wenders’ accompanying 1999 tour documentary re-introduced the world to the long-forgotten yet infectious Cuban sound of son. Lucy Walker’s follow-up, ...
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios” feels less like its own movie than a collection of film snippets swept off the cutting-room floor. The characters from the 1999 film “Buena Vista Social Club” are ...
Omara Portuondo's tiny frame belies the sheer power of a sonorous voice that made her a star in Cuba well before she found global fame with the Buena Vista Social Club around the age most people start ...
In the year or so after its release, the 1997 album "Buena Vista Social Club" became a worldwide recording phenomenon. In 1996, American guitarist Ry Cooder had assembled Cuba's most talented ...
Eliades Ochoa, al centro, en una presentación registrada en el documental de Lucy Walker "Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós". Credit...Broad Green Pictures En el documental de 1999 de Wim Wenders, Buena ...