Buena Vista Social Club spawns new CD

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

Buena Vista Social Club is the biggest-selling world music album ever, with 8 million copies sold. Their 1998 Carnegie Hall debut is just now being released as a double CD. Ry Cooder joins us today. Then, Latin music writer Carolina Gonzalez talks about the impact of the Buena Vista phenomenon in Latin music as a whole.

Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer on the Buena Vista Social Club Phenomenon

Buena Vista Social Club film is screening tonight at 8 PM at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theatre.

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