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[Film Review] Violeta Went to Heaven

Many people place Cuban musician Silvio Rodriguez as the figurehead of 20th century Latin American revolutionary folk music, but they would be mistaken. The distinction truly goes to Violeta Parra of Chile, who is remembered and revered as the godmother of La Nueva Canción Chilena. She is perhaps best known for ‘Gracias a la Vida” [...]

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Ana Tijoux at the Constellation Room

Chilean MC Ana Tijoux visited Orange County once more making a tour stop at Santa Ana’s Constellation Room inside the Observatory on Sunday night. The night was jam packed with local, national and international hip-hop acts taking the stage in succession with little to no breaks in between sets. The evening started off with Edifica [...]

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Radical OC Mixtape #5

Being that March is Women’s Herstory Month, it’s only fitting that this fifth episode of Radical OC Mixtape Radio feature all mujeres! Once again, local, national and international hip-hop takes center stage from LA’s Guerrilla Queenz to Cuba’s Danay Suarez and all the way down south with to Chile with the rhymes of Vitami. This [...]

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Chilean MC Ana Tijoux Releases Music Video for ‘Shock’ Lead Single!

Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux debuted her video “Shock” yesterday to audiences across the globe. The song is the lead single off of Tijoux’s forthcoming sophomore album La Bala, which features collaborations with Jorge Drexler and Cuban rappers Los Aldeanos and is due for release on January 31. The hip-hop beat is punctuated by marching drums [...]

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[Repost] 100th Anniversary: Santa Maria de Iquique Massacre

(Originally published in Znet on December, 19th 2007) *Here’s an article I wrote about an infamous massacre of miners in Chile to mark its 100th anniversary in 2007. Click the bracketed ellipsis to read the full story. On December 21st, Chileans will commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Santa Maria de Iquique massacre. The tragic [...]

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