Voice of the Waterlily- Our Stories

Ep. 90 Documenting the Cuban Revolution through music: Carlos Puebla


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Carlos Puebla's voice became a musical chronicle of the Cuban Revolution. His music narrated the suffering of Cuba's guajiros under Batista's dictatorship. After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Puebla began to recount the radical changes that transformed Cuban society. His songs document urban and agrarian reform, the literacy brigades of the early 60's and even the botched Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs) invasion. Puebla wrote in honor of revolutionary heroes such as Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara, writing his most famous composition, "Hasta Siempre" for the latter. Puebla also wrote songs of hope for other revolutionary movements in other countries, even those on other continents.




Link to playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qQbQTanwnLcZ3ghe3tt1Z?si=d8cbff3dd3fa49dd

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Voice of the Waterlily- Our StoriesBy Anani Kaike

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