Compay Segundo, who was nearing 90 when he shot from obscurity to worldwide fame with the "Buena Vista Social Club," has died in Havana. He was 95. Born Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz, the wiry, ...

Cuban musician Compay Segundo, who starred in Wim Wenders' film Buena Vista Social Club, has died in Havana aged 95. The performer had cancelled a series of concerts planned for this summer around ...

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always ...

It was more than a concert, more than a celebration of ancient Cuban song forms, more than a sweeping traversal of Afro-Caribbean musical culture. The historic event that took place Monday evening in ...

Madrid, 8 jul (EFE).Madrid, 8 jul (EFE). — El próximo 14 de julio se cumple el décimo aniversario de la muerte de Compay Segundo y, por ese motivo, la discográfica Warner ha editado un álbum ...

La Habana, 4 dic (EFE).La Habana, 4 dic (EFE). — El músico cubano Basilio Repilado, hijo del famoso Compay Segundo y que sucedió a su padre como segunda voz en la agrupación que lleva su nombre, ...

With his ubiquitous cigar carefully poised between muscular fingers, or stemming from his gap-toothed smile – the smoke wafting wistfully from his mouth, ever upward like a halo – the “daddy of ...

Wearing his traditional white Panama hat and smoking a cigar, the popular Cuban musician known as Compay Segundo celebrated his 94th birthday with hundreds of friends, fans, and family members Sunday… ...

Compay Segundo, the veteran Cuban guitarist-singer who won international recognition late in life as part of the Buena Vista Social Club, died Saturday of kidney failure at his home in Havana. He was ...

Compay Segundo, who has died aged 95, was one of the prime inspirers and performers of the film Buena Vista Social Club (1998), in which he and other Cuban musicians relived the great days they had ...

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