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Annotation

Carlos Puebla, born on 11 September 1917 in Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba. He died on 12 July 1989, Havana, Cuba. He was a prominent member of the Nueva trova movement, the Cuban offshoot of Nueva canción latinoamericana, linked with leftist social and political movement in South & Central America. Released in 1975, all the songs on the album Cuba: Songs for Our America (Paredon Records # P-1018) focused on issues related to the US - such as its involvement in Puerto Rico, Panama, Vietnam, and problems at home, such as both African-American and Mexican-American Civil Rights. Released on Paredon Records, this record label was founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which pour from all people in struggle". (1) This record label released several albums either about the Vietnam War or that contained a Vietnam War song, which are discussed on this list, see the note below. Also note that in 1969 Dane and Sliber published the book "The Vietnam Song Book" which included the notation and lyrics of one hundred anti-war songs…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Track A5 ("Now the Black Man Is Awakening"). Recorded in Cuba.

About the artist

Born 11 September 1917 in Manzanillo, Cuba; died 12 July 1989 in Havana, Cuba; formed Los Tradicionales in 1953; a prominent member of the nueva trova movement. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Civil Rights · Draft Resistance · Police Brutality · Anti-Imperialism

In collections

Civil Rights Songs · Draft Songs · Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]