Silvio Rodríguez: “They’re the same shameless ones who’ve blockaded us for fifty years…” – español
By Karina Micheletto
Página 12, Argentina
Translation: Machetera
Silvio Rodríguez is in a not particularly comfortable position: while he carries a symbolic weight, and his name alone recalls an era and particular kind of song – made possible by that very era – the passage of time has presented the challenge of perfecting himself as a troubadour. The way he has surmounted such a daunting challenge can be heard in Segunda cita [Second Date], the album he recently completed. The album contains beautiful, powerful songs that are musically enriched by the acoustics of the jazz trio that Rodríguez chose as his accompaniment on this occasion. “We can’t be eternal prisoners of our past, because we have more tomorrows than yesterdays awaiting us,” says Rodríguez Continue reading
