music featured in Che

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Music featured in Che and played on the Old Mole March 23, 2009

"Conga Jam"; performed by Candido a Graciela; written by Candido Camero (Manhattan Productions Music, Inc.)

"Balderrama"; performed by Mercedes Sosa; lyrics by Manuel Jose Castilla; music by Gustavo Leguizamon (Universal Music);  translated here   (about the closing of a gathering place for Argentine folk musicians); video here .

"Fusil Contra Fusil"; written and performed by Silvio Rodriguez; written in 1968 in response to the death of Che Guevara; translated and analyzed here;  performed by the composer here.

"Oru de Igbodú para Yemayá: Obatalá"; performed by Conjunto de Tambores Batá de Amado Diaz Alfonso; from the recording Sacred Rhythms of Cuban Santeria (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings).