Tag: Dj Sigua
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Zapatistas, by DJ Sigua
🎵 | What follows is a playlist dedicated to the Zapatistas. The first song is perhaps the most famous of theirs: The Zapatista Anthem, or Himno Zapatista. The very last track, Se Acabó (It’s Over), is also an EZLN original. In between these two tracks are five composed by other bands in honor of the…
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CHILE, by DJ Sigua
🎵 | Music was often written, sung, and heard in political detention and torture centers in Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). For many political prisoners, writing, playing, and listening to music were ways to register, process, remember, forget, and transcend difficult experiences. Music was a tool to preserve dignity and hope, to…
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Bachata Roja, by Dj Sigua
🎵 | Bachata is popular guitar music from the Dominican Republic. Now overwhelmingly successful in the United States, bachata took shape over a period of about forty years in the bars and brothels of Santo Domingo, not gaining acceptance in its native land until relatively recently. Young groups like Aventura have a similar relationship to…
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Borikén, by Dj Sigua
🎵 | This music is all from or about Borikén, aka “Puerto Rico.” Most of it is quite old. The exceptions are the fifth track, released in 2017; and the final track, which dropped in 2018. The set consists of the following six vocal tracks: Interspersed between them are four Taino drumming interludes, each of…