Bringing an icon to life is no small feat, but in his portrayal of the legendary Compay Segundo, Julio Monge does more than impersonate- he channels. With an effortless blend of warmth, wit, and ...

Cuban musician Compay Segundo, who starred in Wim Wenders' film Buena Vista Social Club, has died in Havana aged 95. The performer had cancelled a series of concerts planned for this summer around ...

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, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the ” Buena Vista Social Club, ” has died in Havana. He was 95. Mr. Compay, who ...

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, ...

Compay Segundo, the avuncular Cuban vocalist who was plucked from obscurity to become a nonagenarian recording star with the “Buena Vista Social Club,” died Sunday night in Havana. He was 95 and the ...

Great music isn't about the notes. They arrange themselves. Great music is about the impulse of the people making it. Compay Segundo was one of those rare people - like Howlin' Wolf or Louis Armstrong ...

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always ...

The cigar-smoked tones of Compay Segundo, who has died aged 95 following kidney problems, were central to the musical phenomenon known as the Buena Vista Social Club. His unmistakeably gritty baritone ...

Compay Segundo, who has died aged 95, was one of the prime inspirers and performers of the film Buena Vista Social Club (1998), in which he and other Cuban musicians relived the great days they had ...

Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz (Compay Segundo), singer, guitarist and armónico player: born Siboney, Cuba 18 November 1907; married (two sons); died Havana 13 July 2003. are natural, free, without ...