What an album!

This reunion of sept-, oct- and nonagenarian traditionalist Cuban musicians occurred at the urging of veteran musician Ry Cooder, but Cooder was only the instrument of a greater good.

Bringing back the foundation of Cuban music

What an eye opener to the rest of the world. What a beautiful

a staple for your Latin music collection.....

It was the music of the Buena Vista Social Club, brought to the U.S.A. by Ry Cooder, that brought the sound of cha cha, bolero and son to the foreground. These songs are, first and foremost, some of the most authentically beautiful, sensual musical forms in the existence of Cuban music. I remember watching the artists, featured in the soundtrack, on the big screen. All I could keep thinking was, "How could these artists be 'forgotten'? Their music is so amazing!" Artists like Omara Portunda (the beautiful, sensuous lone female vocalist featured with Ibrahim Ferrer on "20 Años," a haunting bolero) and Ibrahim Ferrer, well into their seventies, eighties, and, even nineties, still singing and playing their instruments with wild abandon! What an inspiration.