The Life and Music of Victor Jara

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Produced by: 
KBOO
Air date: 
Sun, 09/14/2008 - 5:00pm

An introduction to the life and music of the Chilean revolutionary singer-songwriter Victor Jara,  murdered in 1973 by the  right-wing coup against the democratic socialist government of Salvador Allende.  This  segment includes an interview with writer and film maker Saul Landau, and several tracks of Jara's great voice singing his songs.  They include "El Derecho de Vivir in Paz," "B.R.P.,"  "Vamos  Por  Ancho Camino," "Casitas del Barrio Alto," and  "Plegaria a un Labrador."  

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