Latin American Labor Music
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.)
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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.