Buena Vista Social Club Reviews

This album opened the world up to a completely new type of music, Cuban. The music and stars of the Buena Vista Social Club are actually very old, but Ry Cooder (and American musician) gathered the artists together for this first album. The music is very easy listening latin, everyone seems to like it even on the first listen, which is ...  Read the complete review

Buena Vista Social Club is the project of the composer and guitarist Ry Cooder. Basically he has gone back into the past of Cuban music and explored some of the great musicians of their past. The thing that makes this album really special is that he then got hold of them and dragged them out of retirement to record. (in some cases for the ...  Read the complete review

In 1999 you couldn't get away from the cuban revolution that is typified by the superstars of the Buena Vista Social Club. The CD,as an accompaniment to the internationally acclaimed Ry Cooder documentuary film, is a beautiful taster of what this group of talent can really do. The group itself are huge and varying, including ...  Read the complete review

You can read one of the other reviews about the album. What I have to rave about is their live performance. Buena Vista Social Club are named after a club in Havana that was demolished decades ago. In true spirit, this is music from a bygone era and should be heard whilst it's still around. I was fortunate enough to catch ...  Read the complete review

The "Buena Vista Social Club" album really started something. It made Cuban music truly popular for Western audiences, and also helped to attract many more people to the 'World music' genre. Ry Cooder produced the album, which resurrected several greats of the Cuban music scene, musicians whose heyday had been in the ...  Read the complete review