This album was recorded in 1981 in Chile.
Joan Baez always was in the first line of solidarity with the Chilean people after the military coup of 1973. She toured Chile, Brazil and Argentina in 1981, but was prevented from performing in any of the three countries on big stages, for fear her criticism of their human-rights practices would reach mass audiences if she were given a podium. While there, she was kept under surveillance and subjected to death threats.
Baez came to Chile at the invitation of the SERPAJ, a Latin American human rights organization. Originally, Joan Baez was to perform at a large public concert to raise funds for the SERPAJ. Her celebrity status and artistic talent would have generated energy and an audience for human rights and dissident memory. Her fusion of folk music and social idealism would no doubt have reactivated memories of the New Song movement and artists banished from the Chilean scene. Denied a temporary work permit, Baez and the SERPAJ had to cancel the big event.
The concert went on anyway - in the form of a concert tour in the world of small clubs (penas) that had undergone rebuilding in Chile since the late 1970s. On university campuses, in church auditoriums, and at labor and neighborhood meeting halls, Baez and Chileans sang music to inspire renewal in hard times.
Baez came to Chile at the invitation of the SERPAJ, a Latin American human rights organization. Originally, Joan Baez was to perform at a large public concert to raise funds for the SERPAJ. Her celebrity status and artistic talent would have generated energy and an audience for human rights and dissident memory. Her fusion of folk music and social idealism would no doubt have reactivated memories of the New Song movement and artists banished from the Chilean scene. Denied a temporary work permit, Baez and the SERPAJ had to cancel the big event.
The concert went on anyway - in the form of a concert tour in the world of small clubs (penas) that had undergone rebuilding in Chile since the late 1970s. On university campuses, in church auditoriums, and at labor and neighborhood meeting halls, Baez and Chileans sang music to inspire renewal in hard times.
Tracklist:
01. Gracias a la vida
02. Con tres heridas viene
03. Los hijos de los 80
04. Aire israelí
05. Canción del folklore tunecino
06. Soplando en
07. No llores por mí Argentina
08. The boxer
09. Te recuerdo Amanda
10. Imagina
11. Balada de Sacco y Vanzetti
Joan Baez - En Chile (1981)
(192 kbps, front cover inlcuded)
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