![]() LASTESIS: (Chanting) El violador eres tú. Duerme tranquila, niña inocente.ĬONTRERAS: Sleep peacefully, oh, innocent girl, without worrying about the bandit, for your loving cop is watching over your sweet, smiling dreams. LASTESIS: (Chanting) El violador eres tú, el violador eres tú. LASTESIS: (Chanting) Son los pacos, sí, los jueces, el estado, asesino, el presidente, asesino.ĬONTRERAS: It's the cops, the judges, the state, the president. El violador eras tú.ĬONTRERAS: It wasn't my fault, nor where I was, nor what I was wearing. Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía. LASTESIS: (Chanting) Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía. LASTESIS: (Chanting) Impunidad para el asesino. LASTESIS: (Chanting) El patriarcado es un juez.ĬONTRERAS: The words being chanted are patriarchy is a judge that judges us for being born. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "EN VIOLADOR EN TU CAMINO") And as somebody said in an article, it's a little bit more confrontational than pink hats - a very empowering moment created in Valparaíso, Chile - "Un Violador En Tu Camino." As a musical and performance event, it really marks this era, and it will probably be a mark of this decade and perhaps of this century, this moment, this speaking. It's very meaningful, and each of the elements refers to a very specific kind of event. A lot of the power from this chant comes from the choreography. They created it based on the work and the writings of Rita Segato, that rape and violence against women is a political act. And I also participated in Chicago's version of "Un Violador En Tu Camino," which means a rapist in your path. And it's a very, very powerful set of words, verses and choruses that are chanted out with a specific choreography. And I mean, around the world, in front of the Eiffel Tower, in the General Assembly in Turkey. It is a performance that was created by LasTesis, the collective - feminist collective of young women and first performed in Valparaíso, Chile. JOHNSON: Well, what we have going first is something that maybe some people might not even consider a song or music because it's a chant, but it's an anthem, it's a hymn. First up, I drew names, put them in a hat. Jane has been traveling to Cuba for decades, playing with musicians and recording musicians from Cuba, and this is the most recent iteration of musicians that she's playing with, an all-female band of very, very talented musicians. Whose side are you on?ĬONTRERAS: That was Jane Bunnett and Maqueque. Whose side are you on? Whose side are you on? Now you're on firm ground. ![]() (Singing) Whose side are you on? Now you're on firm ground. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ON FIRM GROUND/TIERRA FIRME") Again, this is "Tierra Firme" from the band Jane Bunnett and Maqueque. This is Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, the title cut from the album "Tierra Firme." It's an all-female band of Cuban musicians anchored by the Canadian jazz musician Jane Bunnett. And to get us started, we're listening to my first pick. JOHNSON: It was like saying, which of my children do I love the most?ĬONTRERAS: What we're going to do is talk about two on the show, and we're going to list all five on our website at npr.org/altlatino. I asked you all for five records out of all the records of the year - not an easy thing to do, right, guys? But first, let me explain what we're going to do. And we want to talk about that with you guys in a little bit. As we've wrestled with the various list, one of the things that I've noticed is, again, the challenge of the label Latin music. JOHNSON: Yeah, we are going to warm it up.ĬONTRERAS: OK. How cold is it over there?ĬONTRERAS: OK, we're going to warm it up here, all right? Greetings from frigid Chicago.ĬONTRERAS: Oh, my God. ![]() Catalina, welcome.ĬATALINA MARIA JOHNSON, BYLINE: Hey, Felix. STEFANIE FERNÁNDEZ, BYLINE: Great to be here.ĬONTRERAS: And Catalina Maria Johnson, who joins us from member station WBEZ in Chicago. So welcome to Marisa Arbona-Ruiz and Stefanie Fernández, who join me here in ALT.LATINO world headquarters in Washington, D.C. But for us, it means it's time to call in my musical comadres and talk about the year in music. It's hard to believe, but it's already here - the end of the year, which means a lot of things to a lot of people. (SOUNDBITE OF JANE BUNNETT AND MAQUEQUE SONG, "ON FIRM GROUND/TIERRA FIRME")įrom NPR Music, this is ALT.LATINO.
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