Amazing Voice-Great Politcal Folk
Debra Miller | Athens, AL USA | 04/20/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Venezualian Soledad Bravo uses her amazing voice to express political views in 21 songs, composed by such great artists as Violetta Parra, Daniel Viglietti, Rolando Alarcon, Silvio Rodriguez, and Atahualpa Yupanqui. Some of these songs have been recorded by other artists like Angel Parra, but the different versions serve as foils to each other, each different, each great. Perhaps singing about Che or Miguel Rodriguez is not timely today, but the messages are still thought provoking. These people lived and died for what they believed, not like the poor singer(s) referred to in Pobre del Cantor, and regardless of personal political views, their sacrifice must be admired. WONDERFUL CD, I recommend it for any fans of Canciones Nuevas and the popular folk movement of the 1960s and 70s."