Music News - WOMAD adds Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club
04 December 2014 - 0 Comments
Adding more fuel to the already scorching hot line up, Cuban stars made famous by the 1997 Wim Wenders movie, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club are set to make their first ever New Zealand appearance exclusively at WOMAD 2015 .
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club represents the distillation of more than 1000 shows over 16 years involving more than 40 musicians, forging a dynamic, multi-generational big band that celebrates Cuban musical tradition with flair and élan.
WOMAD Artistic Director, Emere Wano is elated commenting, “This was such an exceptional opportunity to be able to bring these players to our WOMAD, we had to make it happen. They are the epitome of Cuban Cool along with the classic cars and fine cigars, our audience are in for something sublime.”
In 1997, an assembly of renowned Cuban singers and musicians revived a forgotten repertoire of beautiful music – son, bolero, danzan and guajiro – that became famous as the soundtrack to the movie Buena Vista Social Club, which has over platinum sales (15,000) in New Zealand with global sales over eight million today, the soundtrack has been described as "world music's equivalent of Dark Side of the Moon".
Now, after a hectic 16 years of thrilling audiences around the world, the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club is set to bid adios with a farewell world tour. The group has toured in different combinations since 1997, but the current line-up – under band leader and original trombonist Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos – will feature stars from the original album and film, including the incomparable diva Omara Portuondo, trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal and laúd virtuoso Barbarito Torres (who also played with the Afro-Cuban All Stars). They will be joined on stage by veteran tres player Papi Oviedo; Havana's young star pianist Rolando Luna; a superb rhythm section comprising double bassist Pedro Pablo and percussionists Andres Coayo, Filiberto Sánchez and Alberto La Noche; a three-man trumpet section led by high note specialist Luis Allemany and celebrated singers Carlos Calunga and Idania Valdéz.
Completing the line up for 2015, dream-folk darlings, French For Rabbits, have been confirmed. Their live show has been described as "a gorgeous, soothing blend of swoonsome folk". Having already captured the attention of U.S. label Lefse Records / Fat Possum who've released their debut album, this duo is primed to spark your imagination and charm your socks off.
An un-missable WOMAD experience awaits – book your tickets now.
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