As a child growing up in Key West, Florida, I knew about Cuba in the same way that astronomers know about black holes; I never saw it, but I knew it by its gravitational pull. I ate saffron rice and ...

Compay Segundo, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the ” Buena Vista Social Club, ” has died in Havana. He was 95. Mr. Compay, who ...

HAVANA -- Compay Segundo, 95, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the film and album "Buena Vista Social Club," died of kidney ...

At the 2025 auditions of The Voice Spain, 30-year-old Cuban artist Andrés James captivated the audience with a lively ...

Many Cubans had forgotten Compay Segundo, who died on Monday, until a US record producer arrived in Havana in 1996 and launched Segundo and his fellow musicians on to the world stage with the release ...

Compay Segundo Quijote Tropical documents the life and career of the Cuban musician who became known the world over after his appearance in the movie Buena Vista Social Club The film includes live ...

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 ...