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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Buena Vista Musicians Unite for Afrocubism

THE ORIGINAL BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB CONCEPT FINALLY COMES TO FRUITION In 1996, a group of Mali's best-known musicians were due to fly into Havana for a collaboration with some of Cuba's singers and instrumentalists. However, the Malians never arrived due to travel complications, and a very different album was recorded instead: The Grammy Award-winning, multi-million-selling Buena Vista Social Club, which became the biggest-selling "world music" album ever...

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07:31 on September 8 2010

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Buena Vista Musicians Unite for Afrocubism

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