Little about the Jorgensen Theatre in Storrs resembles a 1950s Cuban social club. But Ibrahim Ferrer and his monstrously talented backing musicians did an outstanding job Thursday night re-creating ...

With Mi Sueño’s posthumous release, Ibrahim Ferrer’s dream of recording an entire CD of Boleros (Cuban ballads or love songs) was realised. When Ibrahim recorded Dos Gardenias on the Buena Vista ...

Very few people can boast the strange, unexpected and fortuitous resurrection of their careers that singer Ibrahim Ferrer has had. Literally pulled out of retirement, Ferrer gave the new millennia a ...

Ibrahim Ferrer was just a few weeks away from finishing his third solo album, "Mi Sueño," ("My Dream") when the 78-year-old Cuban singer died after complications from emphysema. Up until that day in ...

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Felix Contreras offers an appreciation of Cuban vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, who died over the weekend. Ferrer played a starring role in the Buena Vista Social Club, a group of musicians re-discovered by ...

We remember Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer, who died Saturday in Havana at age 78 from multiple organ failure. We present an interview with Ry Cooder, who produced the Grammy-winning 1997 album Buena ...

Ibrahim Ferrer, the distinguished 78 year old front man of the Buena Vista Social Club band, died August 6 in Havana, Cuba. Ferrer fell ill last week after returning to Havana from a month-long ...

The lead singer of the music group the Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer, has died at 78. He didn't become a star until a 1997 film based on the Cuban group's work drew international acclaim. He ...

You can’t blame Ry Cooder for wanting to try something new. It’s been six years since the original Buena Vista Social Club sessions and almost 50 years since prerevolutionary Cuban music had its ...

Ibrahim Ferrer is the primary male singer for the Buena Vista Social Club. He is a legendary Cuban singer, whose career began when he trekked to Havana in l957 and made his fame with groups like Los ...

BVSC presents Ibrahim Ferrer is the second album from the series of records by artists who participated in the legendary Buena Vista Social Club sessions, an album which exploded around the world and ...