Imagine a farm boy from rural Chile who became the soundtrack to a revolution. That’s Victor Jara’s story in a nutshell. Born to campesino parents in 1932, he didn’t just play folk music – he turned ...
The greatest magic act in Las Vegas isn’t on the Strip. It’s the Clark County Education Association’s sleight-of-hand regarding its role in the repeated failures of the Clark County School District.
I have followed the nueva canción (new song) movement for a long time. It championed human rights and freedom against the backdrop of dictators and police brutality in Argentina and Chile in the ...
101 A Cochabama Me Voy (I'm Going to Cochohamba) / Quilapayún (Musical group), Victor Jara. Guitar 205 Vamos por Ancho Camino (Let's Go Along the Broad Highway) / Victor Jara. Guitar. Spanish language ...
There aren’t many people who remember a column I penned six years ago. But Jesus Jara, former Clark County School District superintendent, is one of them. “I still remember the headline you wrote,” he ...