Carlos
Arredondo's Fabula |
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For A Better
Understanding of Latin America |
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ssCarlos as a guest of the Whistlebinkies | ||||
The Whistlebinkies and the Laggan were two Scottish folk political bands from Glasgow of the 70s. As far as I can remember they were always at the centre of the Chilean Solidarity Campaign in Glasgow. Both bands are the responsible for me to have fallen in love with the Folk music of Scotland. Unfortunately The Laggan disbanded but I know that Arthur Johnston, their Glasgow singer and founder of the successful Star Folk Club in Glasgow is still going strong with the singing. Mick Broderick, The Whistlebinkies storyteller and singer, was not only a lovely and funny character but a very supportive man with the Chilean Refugees. In several occasions, our Chilean Folk Group shared a platform with The Whistlebinkies and the Laggan and for me it was always a joy and although I could not understand the lyrics of their songs, I could feel deeply their music. Click here to see a small but interesting gallery of the Laggan and Arthur Johnston. The Whistlebinkies are still around either touring or recording and their leader, the composer Edward McGuire, has become today very well known in Britain and abroad for the beautiful music he produces. Eddy and another Whistlebinkies' member, the musicologist Stuart Eydmann, are friends of mine and together always encouraged me to carry on with my singing. Click here to see a 'wee' gallery of the whitlebinkies. Eddy wrote a guitar piece dedicated to the People of Chile. All songs are mine except 5 and 6. Song number 6 is a poem written for my son and in Spanish by my Scottish friend and Poet John Gillies. I set the music to John's poem. All songs except 1 and 5 were recorded with Paloma Arredondo. Number 5 is a free version of Sergio Ortega's famous song "The People United will never be defeated". |
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El
Hallazgo - The Finding
Senor
Moyano
El
coraje - The courage
Cancion
para Pablo Neruda - A song for Pablo Neruda
El
pueblo unido jamas sera vencido - The people united will never be defeated
A
camilo Jorge |
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Rincon Chileno - the Chilean corner | ||||
At the end of the 1980s on the first Friday of the month I used to organize in Edinburgh El Rincón Chileno. We used to gather in the café cellar of St John's Church and meters away from the church's crypt. It was a small but a very atmospheric place to come and listen to: my songs, the Chilean guitarist Galvarino Cerón Carrasco playing the music of Latin American composers such as Antonio Lauro, Aztor Piazzolla and Heitor Villalobos. Martyn Bennet, the well loved Scottish piper, was as a young lad, one of a number of Scottish guests I had at The Rincón Chileno. Martyn played alone and then as an accompanist of his mother Margaret. Jim Sutherland, Jack Evans, (Jack played the flute magnetically in my first album "Debo cantar Bonito"), the Irish singer Mae Shaw, the Jazz Hot and that unique musical character called Lindsay Porteous were also my guests here. I often had poets and their poetry as guests. El Rincón Chileno was a well known place and many positive reviews were written at the time because it was a unique cultural place in Edinburgh. Click here to read some of these reviews. The Rincón Chileno encouraged me to write a number of songs. Most of the songs found in "Tragicosmicas", my second album, were written for El Rincón Chileno which also provided me with an opportunity to talk about Chile and its difficulties with the harsh dictatorship of General Pinochet. Each session was recorded onto a cassette and my son Camilo transferred some of these recordings to a better medium not before, doing some very good technical work with the sound. Please click below to listen to some good moment at the Rincón Chileno. Music making at it best. First class poetry too! | ||||
Carlos
& Galvarino Ceron - La danza de la Araucaria
Carlos
& Galvarion Ceron - La guitarra siguio tocando companiero Victor
Jara
Carlos
Arredondo - Desierto verde
Galvarino
Ceron - El marabino By Venezuelan
composer Antonio Lauro Martyn Bennet (solo)I was lucky to have in my Rincon Chileno as a guest a young musician who would become one of the most accomplished Scottish pipers of his generation. I am still angry that he died so young. His music is alive and ringing in all my being. Martyn and Margaret BennetMartyn Bennet's mother has always been a cultural ambassador of the highland people. In this recording Margaret sings to us a lovely Gaelic song accompanied by Martyn. The Witches Tuesday - SilvieA fine Edinburgh based "a cappella group" made of four accomplished singers from England an one from Italy. Their repertoire was international focussing on feminist themes. The Witches Tuesday - We are the Witches Barbara Bishop - Gabriela Mistral Barbara Bishop - Ode to a tomato Barbara Bishop - The way Spain was
Carlos
Arredondo - Inventos
Le
jazz hot
Charles
Boyle & Dominic Ashworth Eugenia & Lorna - La extranjera
Lyndsay
Porteous - Harmonica
Mae
Shaw - Belfast Mae Shaw, Jim Sutherland & Jack Evans
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Other recordings | ||||
Los
momentos
Playing
for the Pope
Obsesion Parece
una canción escrita y cantada después de una tomatera.
No es el caso. Es una canción mas seria. Esta es una de mis últimas
canciones que habla del atormentado amor en tiempos violentos. |
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Carlos Arredondo 2007 |