Playlist for Feb. 15, 2005.

Guest in the studio:

A very interesting interview about politics, identity and commitment with: Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, better known in El Salvador as Comandante Santiago, who founded Radio Venceremos in 1980. The founding of Radio Venceremos corresponded with the beginning of a civil war in El Salvador that pitted a group of militant rebels, the FMLN (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional), against a brutal military dictatorship. For the next 11 years, Santiago served as the voice of the clandestine FMLN radio, broadcasting his reports with a 40-yr-old transmitter that had seen service in World War II while constantly evading capture by the military in the northeastern hills of the nation. Radio Venceremos was one of the few sources of oppositional press in El Salvador during the reign of the repressive military regime. As such, Santiago and his team were among the first to report on the infamous massacre at El Mozote and other atrocities commited by government troops, played a major role in recruiting campesino support for the rebel cause, and provided popular education about socialist ideals and Salvadoran history. Radio Venceremos was also used to assist in military operations. After the war ended in a negotiated peace settlement in 1992, Consalvi turned his attention to documenting the history of El Salvador, because he felt that so much of the historical record had been lost during the war. He founded a museum, El Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, has collected an impressive collection of archival information, and has produced several documentary films. His visit will be of interest to scholars of communication, social movements, democratization, war, and history.

Carlos Consalvi is visiting Tulane University for a series of lectures presenting his current and past works and projects.


Tunes from Central America:

Carlos Mejía Godoy – El Salvador
Traditional from El Salvador - Pipil Polka
Tradit. tune - Las Naranjas
Tradit. from Guatemala - Two Marimbas playing in front of the church
Guillermo Anderson – Por esa negra (from Honduras)
Rómulo Castro y el Grupo Tuira – Retorno (from Panamá)
Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy – Un gigante que despierta (from Nicaragua)
Guadalupe Urbina – Agosto Azul (from Costa Rica)

Flamenco:

Niño Ricardo – Tierra minera
Fernanda de Utrera – Ritmo andaluz
Lole y Manuel – Tu mirá
Ketama con Toumani Diabate – África

Jamaican influenced tunes, with some ska, reggae and raggamufin:

Laurel Lorenzo Aitkin – Mi vida sin tu amor
Juan Perro – Negril
Sargento García – Revolución

Pop-rock from Uruguay:

Traidores – Solos
Claudio Taddei – No hay receta
Peyote Asesino – La concha