Posts Tagged ‘victor jara’
Monday Morning Musica : Rubén Albarrán y HOPPO!
9:51 am By Maegan La Mala · Music · 2 Comments
15 Nov 2010When I find out last night that Rubén Albarrán, vocalist for Cafe Tacvuba was taking the band’s sabbatical year to tour with his new band HOPPO! and that there was an album released with him and that band covering songs by South American folk/protest artists like Violeta Parra, Victor Jara y Mercedes Sosa, I nearly swooned.
While many may consider covering the work of such important musical and historic figures and adding a modern twist, which Rubén does from what I have seen/heard so far, disrespectful. I think it’s a wonderful way to introduce new audiences to old legends and give them new life.
Violeta, Mercedes, y Victor have all served as lullaby sources for my ChileRicans. I’m excited that as they grow up, so can how they and others approach this music.
Check out Rubén y HOPPO!’s version of Victor Jara’s Te Recuerdo Amanda , while I try and get my hands on the entire cd.
Monday Morning Musica : For Los Mineros Chilenos
6:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Chile|Labor · 2 Comments
23 Aug 2010Yesterday there was miraculous news from northern Chile. 33 miners that have been trapped for 17 days after a cave-in are all alive. Proof of life came in the form of a piece of paper tied to a drill. On that paper a message from the miners to those above ground praying and attempting to rescue them. The paper read :
The 33 of us in the shelter are well.
The President Pinera of Chile said that it could take months to rescue the miners but that they would be rescued. In the meantime, rescuers are planning to send food, hydration gels and communications equipment down to the trapped miners.
Lunes Labor Day Musica : Victor Jara Te Recuerdo Amanda
7:40 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Chile|Labor|Music · Comments Off
7 Sep 2009I woke up this morning thinking about the history of Labor Day in the United States. How is it that in the U.S. we don’t celebrate May Day and instead have taken this weekend in September and made it about bbq’s and last trips to the beach? Don’t get me wrong, I love some grilled carne and playa, but it seems like this U.S. holiday was rushed into existence in an effort to distract from real issues for the working/laboring class and purposely separated from May Day which reminds workers of the violence often unleashed upon them when they stand up with one voice.
Already the mainstream news media is turning the end of summer, the start of fall into a holiday of fear, recalling the horrors of 9-11-01 while denying other, earlier September horrors that are related thanks to the the politics of imperialism. Maybe that’s why when I woke up this morning I was thinking of Victor Jara and his musical legacy, how his art composed with the labor struggles of workers in Chile led to his murder. I am thinking of Amanda and Manuel in the song Te Recuerdo Amanda recognizing the Amandas and Manuels I see everyday in my family, on my block, in my community.
Chile Closes Victor Jara Case
11:31 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Chile|Controversia|Justice|Latin America · 1 Comment
19 May 2008
In a shocking move, a Chilean judge has closed the investigation into the death of iconic activist singer Victor Jara, tortured gunned down in 1973 by the dictatorship:
With just one person tried, judge Juan Eduardo Fuentes Belmar closed the investigation phase of the case of the crime against Victor Jara, which took place in September of 1973.However, it’s probable that the appeals court will force the magistrate to reopen the investigation, as the plaintiff will appeal the closing [of the case].
The widow, Joan Jara, said yesterday that she was “shocked” by Fuentes’ decision, while the plaintiff’s attorney, Nelson Caucoto said that there are still other officials who participated in the torture and murder of the mythic singer, as well as the murderer himself, who still have not been identified.
It’s pretty sad Chile has such a hard time prosecuting the perpetrators of the crimes committed in its dark history.
Via / La Nación
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