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, ...

2001 - Havana's National Theatre debuts ""Se Seco el Arroyito"" (the Brooklet Dried Up), a musical written by Cuba's veteran ""sonero,"" Compay Segundo. By Billboard Staff 2001 – Havana’s National ...

Compay Segundo could have easily lived out his life in the relative obscurity that had characterized most of his more than seven decades as a professional musician. Fate, however, decreed otherwise.

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 ...

Never underestimate the power of a hit. The truism hits home in the saga of Campany Segundo, the legendary Cuban son musician who was living a fairly quiet life in Havana until Ry Cooder showed up a ...

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, 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, ...

Compay Segundo was one of the titans of Cuban music until he passed away 10 years ago this month, and a new album takes a look at the history of his sound. Guantamera, released by Warner Music Spain, ...

O guitarrista e cantor Compay Segundo – uma verdadeira lenda da música cubana – morreu na madrugada desta segunda-feira, aos 95 anos, em Havana. A informação foi anunciada pela gravadora Dro-EastWest, ...

Compay Segundo, a long-forgotten Cuban musician who burst onto the global stage with the Grammy-winning “Buena Vista Social Club,” died in Havana of kidney failure. He was 95. The cigar-smoking singer ...