The new Rock’s Backpages home page celebrates 25 years of Buena Vista Social Club with a t

The new Rock’s Backpageshome page celebrates 25 years of Buena Vista Social Club with a trio of pieces: Nicholas Jennings reports on Ry Cooder in Havana, Joel Selvin considers the impact of the album and Wim Wenders’ film, and Fred Schruers hears from Ry and son Joachim about recording with the Cuban veterans…

We’re also featuring the writing of CreemlegendJaan Uhelszki, whose open letter to Smokey Robinson, candid conversation with Suzi Quatro and on-stage jaunt with KIϟϟ are all free to read for a week…

For subscribers, we’ve lined up a Lindsey Buckingham audio interview from 2011, to coincide with the release of his first album since that year’s Seeds We Sow. Hear him talk to Bud Scoppa about his solo career, Fleetwood Mac past and present and his relationship with Stevie Nicks.

Oh, and naturally we’ve added over 50 new articles to the archive this week, including pieces about:

• hooliganism at the Who’s Bristol Hippodrome show;

• “little skinny kid” Jackson Browne;

•A Certain Ratio;

•KurtCobain & co. pondering whether they’re cursed; and…

•Rammstein stoking the flames of outrage in 2019…