The sound of Havana is coming to Broadway. Nearly 30 years after the Grammy-winning album Buena Vista Social Club became a critical and commercial success, a new musical inspired by the making of the ...

Earlier this morning, the cast of Buena Vista Social Club the stage on 34th Street to perform at the 99th annual Macy's ...

HAVANA — In a rattan chair with a large oval backrest, almost like a throne, the 94-year-old “Diva” of Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, sat in her home in Cuba as she reminisced about her ...

He’s been described in the music world as “Cuba’s Johnny Cash.” His rugged features, signature hat and cowboy boots only add to his “man in black” image. But Eliades Ochoa’s true fame is rooted in ...

Step into the heart of Cuba, beyond the glitz of the Tropicana, to a place where blazing trumpets and sizzling guitars set the dance floor on fire. Here, the sound of Havana is born—and one woman ...

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Buena Vista Social Club, a new musical about the acclaimed group of Cuban musicians who recorded a seminal 1997 Grammy-winning album and were the subject of an acclaimed 1999 documentary, will open on ...

“Right now, we need joy. We need to be in a space with other human beings who are having a joyful experience,” says director Saheem Ali about why the new Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club has ...

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 ...