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"...And Ain't I A Woman?"
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 004Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, New Harmony Sisterhood BandCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This album by the New Harmony Sisterhood Band contains folk songs centered on issues of women's liberation, gender normativity, and labor unions. The New Harmony Sisterhood Band formed in 1973 by a group of female students who wanted to re-imagine traditional folk songs and write songs with politically conscious, feminist messages. Includes extensive liner notes.
Chile: The Seige of Santa Maria de Iquique - A People's Cantata
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 012Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Advis, Quilapayun, Hector DuvauchelleCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Spoken word narration set to music that recounts the history of the 1907 massacre of Chilean nitrate miners. 18,000 workers and their families marched to the port of Santa Maria de Inquique demanding fair wages and working conditions. The Chilean government, which had strong stakes in the nitrate industry, ordered the Chilean army to attack the miners' nonviolent protest at the port. 2,000 people were killed and thousands were injured. The album serves to tell this silenced history, and demonstrates the determination and solidarity of the Chilean miner unions. Includes liner notes with history, photographs, and lyrics.
Working People Gonna Rise!
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 016Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, The Human Condition, Beverly GrantCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Political ballads about the history of the American working class and the contemporary struggle for labor rights. The Human Condition were a songwriting collective of labor activists. Songs chronicle the everday experience of the working class. Includes liner notes with political statement and lyrics.
The Force of Life
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 017Format: VinylProducers: Red Star Singers - Paredon RecordsCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs focused on topical issues of the time, including the women's liberation movement, labor rights, the anti-war movement, and broader expressions of anti-imperialism. The Red Star singers formed in the Bay Area in 1971 as a songwriting collective aiming to communicate progressive social statements through music. Includes extensive liner notes.
"...And Ain't I A Woman?"
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: Vin 027Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, New Harmony Sisterhood BandCollection: General materials
This album by the New Harmony Sisterhood Band contains folk songs centered on issues of women's liberation, gender normativity, and labor unions. The New Harmony Sisterhood Band formed in 1973 by a group of female students who wanted to re-imagine traditional folk songs and write songs with politically conscious, feminist messages. Includes extensive liner notes.
West Virginia Coal Miner's Blues: Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: Vin 077Format: VinylProducers: Old Homestead RecordsCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Though not fully recognized in the bluegrass community, Don Stover's unique banjo picking style and lyrics about the tough life of a West Virginia coal miner are authentic representation of American bluegrass.
Break the Chains: Prairie Fire
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: Vin 083Format: VinylProducers: One Spark MusicCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
For the US bicentennial Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore composed revolutionary songs for the working class. Songs like "Let's Get 'em off Our Backs (200 Years is Long Enough)" speak about the unfair and unjust ways the American labor forces is treated and paid. Themes include the fight for unions and the stark contrast between the upper class and the working class.
Desde Lonquen Hasta Siempre: Victor Jara
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: Vin 088Format: VinylProducers: Monitor RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In tribute to the "disappeared ones" of Chile's workers and poor population, this album would play an important role in the later political events in Chile. These songs are a denunciation of the Chilean government and are in dedication to the workers and "the fruits of their labor."
Levantate Y Mira A La Montaña: Victor Jara
The Cuban release of " El dercho de vivir en paz" with different title. Victor Jara's most famous album, known for its strong anti-imperialist convictions and its rejection of United States backed Latin American parties. The songs talk about injustices perpetrated on the working class, the need for revolution throughout South America, racism, and the right to peace. In the song, "Plegaria de un labrador", the lyrics tell the worker to take up arms against his oppressor.
Habla Y Canta: Victor Jara
Victor Jara was an influential musical figure creating revolutionary Chilean music which would in turn inspire revolution all over Latin America. Jara created songs of protest, revolution and tribute to the working class. Included in this album is the song, "Plegaria a un labrador", which inspires the workers and laborers to take up arms against the oppressors.
