The Creole Choir of Cuba

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The Creole Choir of Cuba are Rogelio Torriente, Fidel Miranda, Teresita Miranda, Marcelo Luis, Dalio Vital, Emilia Diaz Chavez, Yordanka Fajardo, Irian Montejo, Marina Fernandes, Yara Diaz. The Creole Choir were founded in 1994 during the ‘Special Period’ when the Cuban economy fell into a black hole following the end of the USSR and of Soviet support for the revolution. Food was short while homes and work places often went dark due to lack of electricity. It was at this difficult time that members of the Professional Choir of Camagüey who were descendents of Haitians, decided to re-forge the resistance songs and laments of their forebears. Lead by their Choir Director Emilia Díaz Chávez, Grupo Vocal Desandann, as they are called in Cuba, revived the songs of their ancestors for modern times. Desandann literally means ‘descendents’ and as the choir say: “For us music is like food, it feeds the spirit and is a major inspiration for everyday life”. http://www.creolechoir.com User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Tande-la

Santiman

Undiscovered Voices of the Caribbean

Real World 25

Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: The Search Continues

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30: Real World at WOMAD

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Top Of The World 72 (Nov/Dec 2010)

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30: Real World at WOMAD (Real World Gold)

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The New Cuban Underground: Compiled By Gilles Peterson

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Tande La

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Songlines Music Awards 2011

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Chen Nan Ren

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