Balada Para O Vietname Independente
1980 · Diapasão (Sasseti) DIAP 16034 · Portugal
- Artist
- José Barata-Moura
- Title
- Balada Para O Vietname Independente
- Release
- A rumba da bomba
- Year
- 1980
- Label
- Diapasão (Sasseti) # DIAP 16034
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Portugal
- Songwriter
- José Barata-Moura
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Philosopher, and contemporary folk artist born José Adriano Rodrigues Barata-Moura, 26 June 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal. Post-war Portuguese song "Balada Pelo Vietname Independente" Part of the Música de intervenção movement in the early 70s - "(literally "intervention music") refers to the wave of Portuguese singer-songwriters in the 1960s and 1970s whose music agitated against the Estado Novo regime and the colonial war waged by Portugal against national liberation fronts in Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique which were then possessions of the Portuguese Empire"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Track title 'Balada Para O Vietname Independente'. Artist credited 'José Barata Moura' (no hyphen). Gatefold. Arranged and directed by Luís Pedro Faro; recorded at Estúdios De Gravação A.T.; cover Manuel Vieira. 'Ballad for an Independent Vietnam', from the gatefold LP 'A rumba da bomba', arranged and directed by Luís Pedro Faro.
About the artist
Philosopher and contemporary folk artist born José Adriano Rodrigues Barata-Moura on 26 June 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal, part of the Música de intervenção movement of singer-songwriters who agitated against the Estado Novo regime and Portugal's colonial wars.
Themes
Anti-Imperialism · Reunification · Vietnamese Patriotic · Freedom & Liberty