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Angola: Forward, People's Power
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(Paredon Records, 1978), 44 mins
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Angola: Victory Is Certain
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(Paredon Records, 1970), 55 mins

Between 1961 and 1975, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) presented a revolutionary front against the Portugese colonialists. This album, recorded in the midst of the insurrection, features a wide array of songs associated with the MPLA’s struggle. The songs as well as the liner notes by A...

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(Paredon Records, 1970), 55 mins
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Bedouin Music of Southern Sinai
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produced by Amnon Shiloah (Folkways Records, 1978), 47 mins

When this recording was made, the Bedouin of Southern Sinai were striving to maintain their semi-nomadic ways of life in a changing world. This selection provides a valuable record of and insight into their repertory of archaic poetry, songs and dances, as well as more popular tunes.

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produced by Amnon Shiloah (Folkways Records, 1978), 47 mins
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Brotando del Silencio - Breaking Out of the Silence
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(Paredon Records, 1973), 39 mins
"The history and oppression experienced by the woman of La Raza -'the Latin woman' - in the United States are not well-known, even in these years when so much is heard about women’s liberation. By ‘La Raza’ we mean the dominant population of the American continent, the people who are racial mixture of nativ...
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(Paredon Records, 1973), 39 mins
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Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America
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produced by Barbara Dane, 1927- (Paredon Records, 1970), 57 mins
Voices of Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Peru, and Uruguay from the historic meeting of singers from every continent held July 1967. Recorded in Cuba at the Varadero seashore, on the Isle of Youth, and at Radio Havana.
Edited by Barbara Dane

Voces de Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Perú y Uruguay recogidas en el históric...
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produced by Barbara Dane, 1927- (Paredon Records, 1970), 57 mins
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Chile: Songs for the Resistance
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(Paredon Records, 1975), 46 mins
"In every epoch, certain struggles against oppression have come down through history and sum up for us in a single heroic shout the great reservoir of courage and humanity which is the common birthright of all people. France of 1789, Russia of 1917, China of 1949, Cuba of 1959; these are both milestones and symbo...
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(Paredon Records, 1975), 46 mins
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Country Songs, Old and New
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produced by John Duffey (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 44 mins
Old and New demonstrates how the original Country Gentlemen helped define modern bluegrass. The reissue of their first album presents one of the most successful and influential bluegrass bands. Recorded in 1959. 44 minutes. "(4 stars)" — Country on Compact Disc: The Essential Guide to the Music "(4 stars)...
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produced by John Duffey (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 44 mins
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Cuba Va!: Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba
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produced by Leo Brouwer, 1939- (Paredon Records, 1971), 34 mins
Written, arranged, performed and produced in Cuba by the Experimental Sound Collective of ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industries). Sung in Spanish, with illustrated booklet, including complete texts and English translations.

Leonardo Acosta, Genaro (Caturla) García, Pedro Guapachá, Luc...
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produced by Leo Brouwer, 1939- (Paredon Records, 1971), 34 mins
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Dominican Republic: La Hora Esta Llegando! (The Time is Coming)
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(Paredon Records, 1974), 41 mins
"Expresión Joven (Voice of Youth) has traveled all across the Dominican Republic during the last year and half under the sponsorship of provincial and national student groups, cultural clubs and workers’ organizations to carry their message. In June of 1973, the group joined the solidarity campaign to free all...
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(Paredon Records, 1974), 41 mins
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Early German Ballads, Vol. 1: 1280-1619
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(Folkways Records, 1960), 54 mins

Wolfgang Roth learned these early German songs during the 1920s while participating in a German Youth movement which "championed ideas of brotherhood and peace." These are protest songs from the Peasant Wars of the 16th century that have been preserved orally for centuries and continue to live on through Roth’s...

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