Singer
to perform humorous, political Cuban songs
By Monica Levette Clark
On-line Forty-Niner
The
Museum of Latin American Art will host an
evening with Cuban singer, Frank Delgado,
an artist of the 1980s generation of the
La Novisima Trova musical movement. This
movement is characterized as having a more
urban and humorous lyrical content than
the original Canto Nuevo music movement
in Cuba. Delgado will perform on Dec. 6
at 8 p.m. at the museum.
Influenced
by the music of North American artists of
the 1960s such as Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens
and Joan Baez, the Canto Nuevo movement
was known for the messages of peace and
social change that encompassed its lyrical
content.
Notable artists of the musical movement
include Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanes
from Cuba, Fernando Delgadillo and Alejandro
Filio from Mexico, Ismael Sorrano and Pedro
Guerra from Spain, and Violetta Parra from
South America.
Local singers and musicians performed live
versions of distinguished songs from the
30-year-old South American musical movement
known as the Canto Nuevo, for the first
time at the museum in October.
Armed with a Spanish guitar, Maria Damaris
belted out old songs by Parra, including
“Thanks to Life,” a song about the unexpected
curves of life. Damaris said these
songs are important to any one who loves
music, poetry and justice. Parra was said
to be one of the first Chilean singers of
the movement.
Delgadillo’s songs represent the raw emotions
of real people. Known as the founders of
the movement, Rodriguez and Milanes are
the most widely popular artists of Canto
Nuevo, who have recorded many albums.
Tickets for the show in December are $20
for museum members and students and $25
for general admission. For more information
students can contact the museum at (562)
437-1689.
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