Jessi works at a mom-and-pop Internet shop. She’s addicted to music and the Internet.
It is a good day to remember Chilean folksinger and poet Victor Jara.
Jara was murdered by the Pinochet regime 35 years ago. One of his murderers has finally been convicted.
Jara’s memory and music live on.
I can’t write more movingly than has already been done, so go read, see, and listen.
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Santa Cruz friends, please join Diana and me down at the Boardwalk this Friday, March 28. Kinky will be playing from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. It’s free! It’ll be a blast! Be there!
(If you, sadly, don’t know them yet, visit Kinky’s website.)
I grew up in the 70s but never heard anything like this! If the only funk you know is James Brown, you must check out this delicious album of Cuban funk, jazz, son, beat, afro, and soul from the 70s and early 80s: Si, Para Usted: Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba.
Compiled and remastered by Waxing Deep Records. Sample sounds below.
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