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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Cuban Diva Looks Back on 60 Years

From her days as a pioneer of Cuban jazz music in the 1940s to her legendary appearances with the Buena Vista Social Club in the late 1990s and her following artistic revival, singer Omara Portuondo has good reason to celebrate. And this is what the 77-year-old Cuban diva has done with her new album, Gracias, which was officially released yesterday. Portuondo visits Taipei International Convention Center tomorrow as part of a tour of Asia and Europe...

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06:57 on September 26 2008

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Cuban Diva Looks Back on 60 Years

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