Buena Vista Social Club

Intended less as a concert film than as a set of cinematic liner notes, BVSC is about the vanishing musical culture of Cuban stars who became famous in the Forties and Fifties while playing in the legendary Havana night club of the title.

"...This, in part, explains the success of the 1997 Buena Vista Social Club album. Assembled by American guitarist Ry..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Buena Vista Social Club Survivors Come to Austin

Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa lead the new Cuban-American frontier

"...of itself. Not only was the collective, dubbed the Buena Vista Social Club, illegal – Cooder was fined $25,000..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Feature by María Núñez

The Westside Social Club Pt 2

Larry Lange and that San Antonio sound

"...There’s not really a Westside Social Club but it sure seems like Larry Lange is..."

Oct. 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Favorite Sonero

Buena Vista Social Club Cowboy Eliades Ochoa

"...Sublime Ilusion "TV special" and director Wim Wenders' now-celebrated Buena Vista Social Club feature film, is not a man..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

10 Minutes With Ry Cooder

Journeyman guitarist yes, ethnomusicologist maybe

"...Rolling Stones to winning awards with Cuban supergroup the Buena Vista Social Club and recording in Africa with Ali..."

Sept. 17, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

"...The Buena Vista Social Club..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Calle 54

Superstars of Latin jazz are captured as they perform in the studio.

"...veteran of the Havana scene immortalized in Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club, for their first recording together. But..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...Just because it's Cuban doesn't mean it's the Buena Vista Social Cloob. Destined to become one of the..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

ACL Interview: Party-Making Cimafunk Details Influences, from James Brown to Chano Pozo

"Cuban music is a lot more than they think"

"...broadcasts in Cuba? Cimafunk: YouTube. AC: Ever watch ACL’s Buena Vista Social Club summit? CF: I started it, but..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cubana Be Cubana Bop

Field guide to Cuba's second-biggest export after cigars

"...owing to the popularity of Wim Wenders' 1999 movie Buena Vista Social Club, there's been quite a bit of..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Besieged, Eric Rohmer's Autumn Tale, and Wim Wenders' The Buena Vista Social Club. Also slated for summer release are..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...rise of hip-hop nation, the shot heard round the clubs sounded almost a decade earlier in 1981 with Grandmaster..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Un Dios

"...bebop as musical director of Havana's famed Tropicana Night Club in the late Forties, Bebo fled Castro's revolution in..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...The Buena Vista Social Club recordings of the last two years,..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Event Menu

Foodie events for April 8-13

"...meal paired with a screening of Wim Winders' documentary Buena Vista Social Club at the Central Market Cooking School..."

April 8, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Latin Beat

Five recent releases mostly en Español

"...their life force is forever preserved on the new Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall (World Circuit/Nonesuch). A..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

One Day in September

Recipient of the 2000 Oscar for Best Documentary, this film unfolds the gripping drama that occurred on September 5, 1972, during the Munich Olympics, when eight armed Palestinian terrorists took 11 members of the Israeli delegation hostage.

"...most people assumed the popular Cuban music doc The Buena Vista Social Club would nail -- 1999's One Day..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Decade/National

"...10. Buena Vista Social Club (Nonesuch)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Estrellas de Areito: Los Heroes

"...Areito Los Heroes (World Circuit/Nonesuch) If you liked the Buena Vista Social Club recordings, you'll love this 2-CD all-star..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Rick Treviño Reviewed

"...Los Lobos, is even better. Nearly six minutes of Buena Vista push and grind on "El Tira y Jala,"..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...World Circuit label, and the market success of their Buena Vista Social Club recordings for finally landing Los Zafiros..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...to 1999's criminally underrated Nothing but the Truth. (Continental Club, 9pm) -- Andy Langer..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...instrumentals will put frozen tundra between your toes. (Continental Club, 9pm) -- Greg Beets..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...Nancy. We would go see them [at the Continental Club Gallery’s free Monday night residency] as often as we..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...is the "real" grand opening for the new, Cavity-like club, so here's Beerland's "Third Annual Grand Opening" lineup: tonight,..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Jeff Cole Leaves Doolittle Records, Marc Katz Leaves Top of the Marc, Hank Sinatra Returns and so does Ray Benson (again!). Plus all the news that pitches a fit.

"...plan is to lease the room out to another nightclub owner. He's says there's a couple looking at the..."

March 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Cuadernos de La Habana(Winter & Winter)

National Records

"...Central Railway Station") of Francisco Repilado's "Chan Chan." The Buena Vista Social Club has convened. As the show begins,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...of history affords us a clear, concise chain of social, economic, and technological events leading up to its inevitable..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Santiago Jimenez Jr. at the Continental Club

"...Santiago Jiménez Jr.Continental Club, September 5 "This is nice weather we're having," ventured..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...open the weekend with a Friday stand at Antone's Nightclub, while the meat of the festivities goes down Saturday..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

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