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Singing the songs of Violeta Parra
May 2009
At the St John's Church in Edinburgh, Scotland
And accompanied by Galvarino Ceron
With many thanks to our sound engineer
,my son, and my friend Stuart Eydmann
for the wonderful recordings
I agreed totally with what Galvarino said about these two icons in Chilean music.
"I think it is important that the world does not forget these two seminal musicians Violeta Parra and Victor Jara. They have influenced a host of musicians worldwide, not only because of the brilliance of their 1960s and 70s "avant-garde" folk styles, but also their courage to fearlessly promote their own "political" folk music. The Pinochet dictatorship tried to wipe out this music: but even by brutally killing Víctor Jara in 1973 they did not succeed. Today the music of Jara and Parra continues to symbolise the reality of the Latin American continent and beyond... Just listen to their lyrics! " |
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