Differentwaters posted the ill compilation on Soundway Records ‘Colombia! The golden age of discos fuentes. The powerhouse of Colombian music 1960-1976. I actually was trying to decide wether or not I should post that one, since the guys at Soundway are acquaintances, and would like to support them as much as possible. But I figure [...]
Riot! …definately a name that signifies the times. Joe Bataan was quoted as saying ‘teenage blacks and Puerto Ricans born in ghettos have no say about the poverty and oppression we are born into’. This record is his attempt to change that… and it did. It was the best selling latin record when it [...]
Barrio Nuevo is just a damn good comp from Soul Jazz. The Chakachas, War, Kongas, Milton Zapata…
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Siembra, if you didn’t already know, is the best selling salsa record in history (25 million copies). The lyrics on this record are classic…’Plastico’ is an incredible song that starts out in a straight disco, talking about fake plastic people and the problems with materialism, and then goes into the need to resist it and [...]
Classic. A blog about revolucionary music wouldn’t be complete without Willie Colon. This record will undoubtedly get a ton of play this summer with El Cantante coming out, so get ahead of the game.
That’s right…bookmark it now! Subscribe to the rss feeds, add it to your links, or just keep coming back…because in the next year I will be putting up singles, full length albums, etc…of all revolucionary music, both old and new from all over the world. I will also be posting some serious latin records, since [...]
