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BVSC presents Ibrahim Ferrer is the second album from the series of records by artists who participated in the legendary Buena Vista Social Club sessions, an album which exploded around the world and ...

We remember Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer, who died Saturday in Havana at age 78 from multiple organ failure. We present an interview with Ry Cooder, who produced the Grammy-winning 1997 album Buena ...

HAVANA - Ibrahim Ferrer, the mild-mannered singer of the Buena Vista Social Club group that took him from shining shoes to world fame late in life, died on Saturday in Havana, his manager said. He was ...

Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died Saturday in Havana of multiple organ failure at the age of 78. He rose to fame as part of the Buena Vista Social Club project. And before we go, a few words from ...

Cuban vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer died over the weekend in Havana, Cuba. Ferrer played a starring role in one of the feel-good stories of the 1990s, the Buena Vista Social Club, a group of long-forgotten ...

It could have been tempting for Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer, at 76, to play out his days revisiting the success of the Buena Vista Social Club. The legendary jazz ensemble assembled for a 1997 ...

Musical trend-watching has become more expensive than usual in the past few months: Not only have Brazil's tropicalistas resurfaced en masse, but the resurgence of Cuban music continues unabated. In ...

Given this Cuban singer’s keen understanding of pre-Castro styles and his rags-to-riches comeback story, 1999’s Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer was guaranteed to impress world-music ...