![]() ![]() Idania Valdez is the lead singer of the Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club It is Ibrahim Ferrer's former band which has taken over the official mantle and today tours the world with a mix of old and new faces, under the name Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club.Īpart from an occasional concert in the beachfront hotel resort of Varadero, the band almost never performs at home. Since then many of those who shot to stardom in the award-winning film have died, including pianist Ruben Gonzalez and the singer Ibrahim Ferrer. The original Buena Vista Social Club was a loose collective of ageing musicians brought together by the American guitarist Ry Cooder in 1997, in a bid to re-discover the music of Cuba's pre-revolutionary past. "You still hear it here, but for the rest of the world, Buena Vista remains the sound of Cuba." "This is such a musical country with so many different rhythms young people have gone their own way," Mr Baloy says. At home, Buena Vista must compete with everything from salsa to reggaeton and the folk ballads of revolutionary idols like Silvio Rodriguez. Yet in Cuba, these are considered "golden oldies". You can hear songs like Chan Chan played on almost every street corner in the tourist centre of Old Havana. Omara Portuondo Original Buena Vista singer
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