Sounds Of Resistance: Songs from the Central American Struggle

Managua, 21.05.24

This episode explores the music written and performed by leftwing artists, recorded during the various civil wars in Central America in the '70s + '80s.

These groups struggled to address deep-seated issues such as extreme inequality, poverty, and lack of political representation in Central America, against right wing Governments, who with the backing of the United States committed a litany of human rights abuses including the Mayan genocide.

Music in the show includes tracks by famed Nicaraguan songwriter Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy and Los Torogoces de Morazán, a group of peasant folk musicians from El Salvador founded in 1981. They carried their guitars, accordion, and drums into battle zones, providing moral support to the guerrilla, as well as entertaining sympathetic communities in liberated zones.

This show is in no way an endorsement of the current Nicaraguan government and hopes for peace and prosperity for all the peoples of Central America.

Translation Doc

Folk Nueva Cancion

Collection: Sounds of Resistance

Tracklist

0:00:08
Luis Enrique Mejía GodoyLuis Enrique Mejía Godoy
Juan Terremoto
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Grupo PuebloGrupo Pueblo
Somos Los Libertadores
0:06:00
Cutumay CamonesCutumay Camones
Feliciano Ama
Cutumay CamonesCutumay Camones
Comandante Clelia
Luis E. Mejía G.Luis E. Mejía G.
Para Luchar Y Quererte
Yolocamba ItaYolocamba Ita
Poema de Amor
Grupo PancasánGrupo Pancasán
Cancion Para Un Reo Político
Gabino Palomares Y Amparo OchoaGabino Palomares Y Amparo Ochoa
La Maldición De Malinche
Grupo PancasánGrupo Pancasán
De La Libertad Del Pueblo
Los Torogoces De MorazanLos Torogoces De Morazan
Heroico Morazán
Los Torogoces De MorazánLos Torogoces De Morazán
Som Combatiente Del FMLN
Iolocamba-I-TaIolocamba-I-Ta
Homenaje A Los Heroes Del 32
Los Torogoces De MorazánLos Torogoces De Morazán
Toda Centroamérica
Canción Del GuerrilleroCanción Del Guerrillero
Song Of The Guerrilla Fighter (Guatemalan Guerrilla Song)
Los Sonadores De SarawaskaLos Sonadores De Sarawaska
En Bocaycito Hicimos Los Planes
Grupo PancasánGrupo Pancasán
Requiem A La Muerte
Los Sonadores De SarawaskaLos Sonadores De Sarawaska
Salgamos Juntos de la Ignorancia
Cutumay CamonesCutumay Camones
Díganle que no se meta
Los Torogoces De MorazanLos Torogoces De Morazan
Saludo Soy Guerrillero
Mario Montenegro BrenesMario Montenegro Brenes
Nunca Es Tarde Mi Compa
Amparo OchoaAmparo Ochoa
Asalto Al Palacio (Assault At The Palace)
Carlos, Carlos, Luis Enrique Mejía GodoyLuis Enrique Mejía Godoy
Raiti Bocay
Jorge Isaac CarvalloJorge Isaac Carvallo
Campesino Aprende A Leer
Banda TepeuaniBanda Tepeuani
Regalo Para El Niño
Pablo Martínez TéllezPablo Martínez Téllez
Hay Que Aprender A Leer
El IndioEl Indio
Las Pesadillas De Blandon
El Salvadoran Youth GroupEl Salvadoran Youth Group
No A La Intervención (No To Intervention
Grupo PancasanGrupo Pancasan
Pancasan

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Sounds Of Resistance: Songs from the Central American Struggle

Managua, 21.05.24

This episode explores the music written and performed by leftwing artists, recorded during the various civil wars in Central America in the '70s + '80s.

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