Comments on: La Babosa Azul – Cuando amanezca el dia – guest download

By: Julio Rey

Julio Rey — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:16:23 +0000

Tell me about them…I’d love to find out.

By: Miss86

Miss86 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:22:51 +0000

Now if only we get to the Germans. ,

By: Julio Rey

Julio Rey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:25:15 +0000

greggor:

Thanks for the comment. I guess I tend to call anything with acoustic guitar “folk.” But I do know about Kaczmarski, as I researched him a bit as a result of downloading these tunes. I wrote about Kaczmarski in my blog:

http://juliorey.blogspot.com/2008/09/stuck-on-blue-snail.html

And as a Cuban, I can relate to anti-communism very well. In fact, Ciro Diaz, La Babosa Azul’s frontman, is currently under arrest in Havana. Read more at their website (Some of it is in English):

http://lababosaazul.cubaunderground.com/ciro-y-claudio-arrestados-en-placetas.html#pc_36

By: greggor

greggor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:09:54 +0000

it’s Polish, but not folk musik – it’s music written by Jacek Kaczmarski – one of the best known Polish artist- anti soviet oppositionist, bard of “Solidarnosc” of years 1980-90. He died in 2004.

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Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:25:20 +0000

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