MY FAVORITE MUSIC

If I am to choose one kind of music that I’m really fond of it gets a little tough, that is because I could say I don’t have just one, I’m used to listening to all kinds of music, it just depends on my mood at the time.

For this blog though, I’m going to talk about Silvio Rodriguez, who is undoubtedly one of my all-time favorite singers songwriters, and the most frequent on my playlists.

He is a Cuban composer, singer, and poet from the popular genre called “trova”.

Trova is a Cuban musical movement born after de 1959 revolution, it was known for writing songs in the way one would write a poem, and also carries deep political content in them.

Even though I like a lot of Silvio’s songs, I will cover one that is called “La familia, la propiedad privada y el amor” or “Family, private property, and love” in English- This song makes an overt criticism to certain bourgeoise and catholic traditions. In it, I can recognize parts of my upbringing and the society I and many of us live in.

Listening to Silvio’s songs must be one of my favorite things to do.



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