Contemporany Cuban Music - Santiago De Cuba

Compay Segundo gained an international fan base with Ry Cooder`s 1999 project THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, but he has been making music and delighting fans in his homeland of Cuba since his early years as a bandleader in the 1920s and 30s. He spent over a decade playing in the successful duo Los Compadres with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, where he acquired his nickname; Compay is slang for compadre and segundo is a reference to his second voice bass harmony. A seminal and influential musician, he is...

Cuban singer Celia Cruz emerged from the Havana music scene in the 1950s, and as her reputation deservedly spread she quickly became known as the queen of salsa. Here she hosts a look at the Cuban music scene, a hotbed of talent that has slowly seeped into the modern music lexicon.

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