Latin American Labor Music

Alma

Alma
Siempre He Estado Aqui/I Have Been Here Forever CD $15
Songs of the heroes and legends of the Chicano/Latino experience. In Spanish with English translations.

Dr. Loco

Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalapeno Band Movimiento Music    CD $15
Bilingual jazz, rock, cumbia and boogie versions of movement standards such as "El Picket Sign", "Nosotros Venceremos/We Shall Overcome" and "Ain't Gonna Study War no More/Libertad"

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Lila Downs

Lila Downs Border (La Linea)    CD $15
Songs inspired by life on the Mexican border that reflect jazz, gospel, and hip-hop influences. Most in Spanish with English translations.

Drop the Debt

Drop the Debt CD $18
A CD for Canceling “Third World” Debt featuring music by Cesaria Evora, Chico Cesar, Oliver Mtukudzi, Lenine, Soledad Bravo and others.

Francisco Herrera

Francisco Herrera La Fuerza de la Raiz CD $15
Songs of immigrants and their roots by musician and cultural worker Francisco Herrera. Most in Spanish without translation.

Tish Hinojosa

Tish Hinojosa .

Culture Swing     CS $10    CD $15
A great CD from this Country, folk, Latina singer-songwriter from San Antonio. Includes the song "Something in the Rain" dedicated to Cesar Chavez.

Tish Hinojosa

The Best of Tish Hinojosa Live CD $15
With "Something in the Rain" dedicated to Cesas Chavez and "Hand Bones and Blood (Song for Frida Kahlo)".

Nuestras Voces Se Levantan para La Justicia/Our Voices Will Rise for Justice CD $15
Labor and immigration songs written by workers in the Mexican and U.S. low-wage labor movements.
In Spanish with English translation.

De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children
Selected, Arranged, and Translated by José-Luis Orozco.
Twenty seven songs including "De Colores", "Las Mañanitas", and "Paz Y Libertad". $16
The accompanying songbook is illustrated by Elise Kleven, has 56 pages and is $8.

Rolas de Aztlán: Songs of the Chicano Movement   CD $17
The music ranges from huelga (strike) songs of the farm workers to Mexican revolutionary corridos; from translations of previous civil rights and labor movement anthems to rewritten popular rancheras.

Si Se Puede

Si Se Puede     CD $15
1976 recording of United Farm Worker classics including "De Colores" and "Huelga en General". Arrangements and instrumentation by Los Lobos (Their very first album). In Spanish with printed translation.

El Teatro Campesino:
From the Fields to Hollywood

Use this interactive CD-Rom to explore the issues, influences and contributions of the famous Chicano troupe from its beginnings in the 1960s grape strike of the United Farm Workers Union. Bilingual. $20

Baldemar Velasquez and the Aguila Negra Band Canciones por la Causa
CD $20
First collection of farm workers' songs by the President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and his band. (In Spanish and English.)
Deportees
Better Than Nada

Baldemar Velasquez and the Aguila Negra Band Justice Has No Borders
CD $18
Newly released collection of farm workers' songs by the President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and his band. (In Spanish and English.)

 Yo Fui Bracero    CD $15
Songs of workers contracted under the Bracero programs of the 1940s-60s, featuring Rosa Martha and Francisco Herrera. In Spanish without translation.

 



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