VA - Poets In New York - Federico Garcia Lorca (1986)

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads during the Spanish Civil War.

His collection "Poeta en Nueva York" ("A poet in New York", published posthumously in 1942) explores alienation and isolation through some graphically experimental poetic techniques and was influenced by the Wall Street crash whichhe personally witnessed. This condemnation of urban capitalist society and materialistic modernity was a sharp departure from his earlier work and label as a folklorist

This album was released due to the fifth anniversary of his execution. It gatheres artist from different countrys to honour the great artist.

Tracklist:

1 - Take This Waltz (Leonard Cohen)
2 - Negres Els (Lluís Llach)
3 - Grid to Roma (Angelo Branduardi)
4 - Birth of Christ (Victor Manuel)
5 - Your Childhood in Menton (David Broza)
6 - Asesinato (Paco de Lucia and Pepe)
7 - The Dawn (and Chico Fagner)
8 - Blacks Dancing to Cuban Rhythms (Georges Moustaki and Mikis Theodorakis)
9 - Unsleeping City (Donovan)
10 - Kleines Gedicht Unendlich (Manfred Maurenbrecher)
11 - Oda a Walt Whitman (Patxi Andión)

VA - Poets In New York - Frederico Garcia Lorca

Thanks a lot to Nikos for this album!