{"id":82,"date":"2003-07-16T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2003-07-16T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/07\/sad_week_for_cuban_music\/"},"modified":"2003-07-16T19:05:08","modified_gmt":"2003-07-16T23:05:08","slug":"sad_week_for_cuban_music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/16\/sad_week_for_cuban_music\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad Week for Cuban Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Compay<\/div>\n

Celia Cruz<\/a> has just passed away<\/a> of complications from brain cancer. She’s the second Cuban music legend to pass this week. Compay Segundo, of the incomparable Buena Vista Social Club<\/a> passed on July 13th<\/sup>. This article, The Keeper of Cuba’s Music<\/a>, has a good retrospective of his life. I’ll miss both of these incredible musicians, but they live on through their music.<\/p>\n

P.S. If you haven’t seen the movie Buena Vista Social Club<\/i><\/a>, do yourself a favor and check it out.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b> Telemundo’s show Cotorreando<\/i> is airng a tribute show to Celia ahora mismo (right now). I think this same episode will re-air tomorrow morning at 5:00. Set your recorders!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celia Cruz has just passed away of complications from brain cancer. She’s the second Cuban music legend to pass this week. Compay Segundo, of the incomparable Buena Vista Social Club passed on July 13th. This article, The Keeper of Cuba’s Music, has a good retrospective of his life. I’ll miss both of these incredible musicians,… Continue reading Sad Week for Cuban Music<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":203,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/30\/cuban_music_crossing_borders\/","url_meta":{"origin":82,"position":0},"title":"Cuban Music: Crossing Borders","date":"September 30, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got an email about this upcoming show on BET: CUBAN MUSIC: CROSSING BORDERS JUAN DE MARCOS AND THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS WHAT: Journey with BET into the soul-stirring musical world of Cuba, with the fascinating producer, musical director, performer Juan De Marcos as your guide. 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