When a poor man dies
and who works until its dark,
greets his son Miguel,
drinks a cup of coffee, then catches a bus.
His wife doesn’t know when he’ll be back.
At midday, sand a cement,
his hands will build fortresses
or beautiful houses he’ll never inhabit.
Head of the building gang, the best friend there is.
His wife doesn’t know if he’ll be back.
In the afternoon, after work, with his friends,
with firm steps he walks into town.
The shouts of his hopes are like doves in the wind,
falgs are flying and no one is sad.
His wife does not know if she’ll see him again.
Suddenly his path is cut by a shot,
the infamous bullet deadens his senses.
Who is the guilty one? Who the murderer?
A thousand voices rise in protest,
there must be a penalty.
His wife does not know that he is fallen.
The newpaper speak of his death.
Her eyes cannot believe what they see.
He was here for only twenty years.
His brothes on the construction site
shed tears of men with sorrow and rage.
What is justice when it’s a poor man who dies,
one who worked and struggled, I question the court.
The cemetary swells and nobody answers.
Or are they all dead that they see not and hear not
that they’ve killed a father,
that a man is dead.
Translation: Inter-Church Commitee on Chile
El cantautor chileno Nano Stern vuelve a Europa con Inventemos un país, una gira en la que presentará en el festival BarnaSants el disco grabado en homenaje a Víctor Jara y ofrecerá un repaso por las canciones más emblemáticas de su repertorio, junto a un homenaje a los grandes referentes de la canción popular chilena como Violeta Parra, Patricio Manns y el propio Jara.
La trigésima edición del festival BarnaSants se despide este fin de semana con tres conciertos de Nano Stern, Marta Gómez y Borja Penalba en Cotxeres de Sants, marcando además la última edición bajo la dirección de Pere Camps.
El nuevo disco de Las Migas, titulado Flamencas, representa una vuelta vibrante al flamenco más tradicional desde una perspectiva contemporánea, empoderada y femenina, con colaboraciones destacadas y una propuesta visual renovada.
El reconocido cantautor argentino Abel Pintos presenta Gracias a la vida, un EP de versiones que dialogan con la memoria sentimental del continente. Con interpretaciones personales de obras icónicas, Abel Pintos revisita canciones que marcaron su historia musical y emocional.
La editorial Vademécum y el sello discográfico Sonamos presentan un libro de fotografías de Luis Alberto Spinetta tomadas por su amigo y colaborador Eduardo Martí. El volumen, titulado Spinetta, reúne casi 300 imágenes —muchas inéditas— que reconstruyen la vida y obra del músico argentino desde finales de los años 60.