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Ros Sereysothea (Khmer: រស់ សេរីសុទ្ធា) (1948^[1] – 1977 ^[2]) was a famous singer during the final years of Cambodia's Sangkum Reastr Niyum and the Khmer Republic. She sang from a variety of genres but romantic ballads emerged as her most popular works. Despite a rather short career she is credited with producing hundreds of songs and even starring in a few movies. Details of her life are relatively scarce and her fate during Democratic Kampuchea remains a mystery.

Biography[link]

Early Life[link]

Ros Sothea was born in 1948^[2] to Ros Sabun and Nath Samean in Battambang Province. Growing up relatively poor, Ros Sothea was the second youngest of five children and displayed vocal talent as a toddler. She grew up listening to early Cambodian singers such as Mao Sareth and Chunn Malai which doubtlessly had a profound influence.

Sothea's talent would remain relatively hidden until friends persuaded her to join a regional singing contest in 1963. After winning the contest she gained the attention and praise of the province and was invited to join Lomhea Yothea (a musical troupe) which regularly performed at Stung Khiev Restaurant in Battambang. It is believed that Im Song Seurm, a singer from the National Radio heard of Sothea's talents and invited her to the capital, Phnom Penh in 1967.

Music Career[link]

In Phnom Penh, she adopted the alias Ros Sereysothea and became a singer for the National Radio performing duets with Im Song Seurm. Her first hit, Stung Khieu (Blue River) debuted the same year and she quickly attracted fans with her clear and high pitch voice. Eventually she became a regular partner with Sinn Sisamouth the lead singer of the era and they were a smashing success. She also performed with other prominent singers of the era such as Pan Ron, Houy Meas, and Sos Mat.

The style of her early career is characterized by traditional Cambodian ballads and duets. She would eventually shift to a more contemporary style by combining romantic ballads drenched in loss, betrayal, and death with Western instruments. This change of style is most likely be attributed to her traumatic marriage with fellow singer, Sos Mat.

By the 1970s, American influence from neighboring South Vietnam had reached Cambodia and Sothea along with her contemporaries began experimenting in Western genres. Her high, clear voice, coupled with the rock backing bands featuring prominent, distortion-laden lead guitars, pumping organ and loud, driving drums, made for an intense, sometimes haunting sound that is best described today as psychedelic or garage rock. Like the leader of the music scene, Sinn Sisamouth, Sothea would often take popular Western rock tunes, such as John Fogerty's "Proud Mary" and refashion them with Khmer lyrics.

Yet romantic ballads would remain her most endearing work amongst the more conservative populace. She was often sought out by film directors to perform the duet and/or solo in their movies. Sothea's collaboration with the Cambodian film industry is invaluable in identifying over 250 films lost during the communist regime.

Sothea never sang under any one record label and made a modest living as a musician. She is recognized as a national treasure and was honored by King Norodom Sihanouk with the royal title of "Preah Reich Theany Somlang Meas", the "Golden Voice of the Royal Capital".

From her brief relationship with a Khmer Republic parachutist and General Srey Ya, Sothea increasingly became involved in the military. As the Khmer Republic struggled in the civil war, Sothea and Sisamouth and their contemporaries published patriotic songs for the fledgling republic. Her career would continue until the Khmer Rouge captured the beleaguered capital, Phnom Penh in April 1975.

Personal Life[link]

Sothea's personality is invariably described as modest and reserved. She is known to have been involved in a few relationships throughout her life. When she arrived in Phnom Penh, she was courted by fellow singer Sos Mat and eventually married. Unfortunately Mat was already legally married to two other wives. As her career moved forward, Sos Mat became insanely jealous of her success and of the men who came to watch her perform. Traumatized by the emotional abuse from the constant envy of his other wives and the domestic violence from Sos Mat, they separated within six months of marriage. With her name ruined as a result of the divorce she was left with one option and returned to her family in Battambang. It would only be with intervention and help from Sinn Sisamouth that she resumed her career in Phnom Penh.

Despite the high profile divorce with Sos Mat, Sothea's popularity resurged and she met and the son of the famous Van Chan film company as part of her contracts recording film songs. Their marriage resulted in a son but for undocumented reasons they separated. She is also noted to have had a relationship with a parachutist of the Khmer Republic. General Srey Ya of Lon Nol's government who was extremely infatuated with her, ended up holding her against her will in one incident. Sothea's unsteady relationship's may have been the inspiration behind her most depressing ballads.

Fall of Phnom Penh[link]

It is believed Sothea had traveled to Pailin Province for the Buddhist New Year in 1975. Some of her final recordings are those celebrating the New Year in Pailin. Many are skeptical of this claim as it had been increasing dangerous to travel outside Phnom Penh due to the encirclement of Khmer Rouge forces. When Phnom Penh fell ,there were apparently attempts by military personnel to evacuate Sothea out of the country. Like everyone else when the Khmer Rouge took over, she was forced to leave Phnom Penh. There are many speculations regarding her fate from a variety of witnesses.

Sothea was initially able to hide her identity well as she was from the Cambodian countryside and adjusted well contrary to most of the "New People". The survivors from her camp didn't even know she was amongst them until she secretly confided with them. Eventually she was discovered and was forced by Pol Pot to marry one of his assistants in 1977. As a prolific singer, Sothea was forced to exclusively perform songs for the new regime.

Her new marriage was an unhappy one marred by physical abuses. Eventually the disputes got out of hand and the Khmer Rouge cadre of her village decided she was more trouble alive. She was told that she and her family would be moved to another village and she was last seen by survivors departing by ox cart. She then disappeared under typically mysterious circumstances and is almost certainly dead.

Other accounts believe that she died from being overworked in a Khmer Rouge agricultural camp. Another account even says that she was still alive when the Vietnamese invading forces arrived in Phnom Penh in 1979 but died of malnutrition shortly after in a hospital.

As a high profile individual and a musician, she was a prime candidate for extermination during Pol Pot’s regime. Her two surviving sisters insist that Sothea along with their mother and children were taken to Kampong Som province and executed immediately following the Fall of Phnom Penh. Her remains have yet to be discovered.

Legacy[link]

With the cultural upheaval by the Khmer Rouge, scant evidence of Ros Serey Sothea's life remains. Her master recordings were either destroyed by the regime or deteriorated rapidly in the tropical environment due to lack of preservation. However, many vinyl recordings have survived and have gained reissues initially on tape cassettes and later on compact discs. Unfortunately many of these reissues are also remixed with extra beats usually overriding the original score. The vinyls from the master sources are thereby highly sought out by preservationist and collectors.

Nonetheless Sothea remained extremely popular posthumously in Cambodia and Cambodian communities scattered throughout the United States, France, Australia and Canada. Western interest in Sothea would not dawn until songs by Sothea, Sinn Sisamouth and other Cambodian singers of the era such as Meas Samoun, Choun Malai and Pan Ron, were featured on the soundtrack to Matt Dillon's film City of Ghosts. Tracks by Sothea are "Have You Seen My Love", "I'm Sixteen" and "Wait Ten Months".

The Los Angeles band Dengue Fever, which features Cambodian lead singer Chhom Nimol, covers a number of songs by Sothea and other singers from the short-lived but rich Cambodian rock and roll scene. The advent of the internet, undoubtedly saved what was left of her discography while spreading and garnering interest in her music even after almost half a century later.

Partial discography[link]

Rock[link]

• "Chnam Oun Dop Prum Mouy (I'm 16)
• "Cry Loving Me"
• "Don't Be Mad"
• "Hair Cut, Hair Cut"
• "Have You Seen My Love"
• "I'm So Shy"
• "Phey! Phey!" (Scared! Scared!)
• "Since When You Knew Me"
• "Wait Ten Months"
• "Wicked Husband"
• "Mdeth gall daltarm kyum?(why do you follow me?)
• "Klein jurp nersa (The fragrant that lasts with me)
• "Rom Woolly Bully
• "Bong Srolań Oun Ponman Der (Tell Me How Much You Love Me)
• "Po Pruk Po Lngeach
• "Penh Chet Tae Bong Muoy"

Romvong[link]

• "Kaduk Dol Heuy"
• "Komping Puoy"
• "Rolum Saen Kraw"
• "Sarika Keo Kauch"

Saravann[link]

• "Sra Muy Keo" (One Shot)

Slow[link]

• "Bopha Akasajal"
• "Jomno Pailin"
• "Kom Plich Oun Na"
• "New Year's Eve"
• "Pink Night"
• "Pga Reige Leu Maik"
• "Pruos Reing Awej?"
• "Lort sene duong chan
• "Chross O'yadao
• "Somnerng Bopha prey phnom(songs of the jungle girl)
• "Sralmall sene khyum(Shadow of my love)
• "Chmreing sene khyum(Story of my love)
• "Alay bong cher net(always misses you)
• "Teurk hoe teu (river flow)
• "Bong ban sonyah(You've promise)
• "Soum ros khbere bong
• "Oun soum angvall (I beg of you)
• "Oun neul tharl rong jum (I will still wait)
• "Complete men ban ( Can't forget)
• "Oun smak bong smoss
• "Oun sralnane bong nas( I love you so much)
• "San nuk alay
• "Men gor sralane bong( I shouldn't love you)
• "Chup sralane men ban (Can't stop loving you)
• "Jum neu tharl jum
• "Oun jum bong cher neth
• "Pros bondoll chiet
• "Kum keng oun na bong
• "Rom cha cha cha
• "Jum loss sone
• "Bong tvere eouy oun yume(You made me cry)
• "Yume samrapp thngay ness
• "Sall anosaovary
• "Lane khume teu (let me go)
• "Bondam stung keiv
• "Reastrei buth sene (missing lover of the night)
• "Pkah orchid
• "Auh! seneha khyume
• "Verjah boross (the word of men)
• "Popol gomah
• "Prote svamei
• "Oun soum phneu chheung
• "San klotpsa
• "Chhba mon reing khyum
• "Norok lokei(The sin of man)
• "Ahso kasalmerlerr
• "Rolok songka therm svamei
• "Thmnorng leakina
• "Thgnay lett oun sralnoss(When sunset,I miss u)
• "Tropeang Peay
• "San chok chem
• "Pathchere sralnoss
• "Gonsan nisei
• "Machass sene oun
• "Chmreing avasane
• Konsaeng Krohom(Red Scarf)
• Pros Del Ka'bor Chet (Man who betrays)
• Veal Srey Sronoh

Duets with Sinn Sisamouth[link]

• "Ae Na Promajarey"
• "Bos Choong"
• "Chom Chait Pesaey"
• "Chor Louch Jet"
• "Have a Caramel"
• "Jong ban pka avey?"("What flower do you want?"
• "Kay Tha Kyom Jass"
• "Konarb snaeha" ("Love poem")
• "Komnoch veyo"
• "Pneik Kmohuoch"
• "Nao Tae Srolan
• "Oh! snaeha euy!" ("Oh! Love...")
• "Oun Rom Som Tae"
• "Sronos Oh Jrov"
• "Soniya 3 Tngai"(A Promise for 3 Days)
• "Tesepheap Prolim"
• "Tiev Euy Srey Tiev"
• "Tmor Kol Sromol Snae"
• "Tok Bong Om Skat"
• "Yaop Yun Thun Trojeak"
• "Yerng Kom Plich Knear"

Duets with Other Artists[link]

• Kmao Euy Kmao(Em Song Seum-1972)
• Komloss Kromum Heu Ha(Em Song Seum-1972)
• Komloss Kromum Srok Srae
• Hann Pnal Da Ey(Eng Nary)
• Soll Tae Card
• Pka Sarai

References[link]

• A Voice from the Killing Fields
• Queen of Golden Voice: A Biography of Ros Serey Sothear
• An Interview with Ros Serey Sother's Sisters (in Khmer)

External links[link]

• The Golden Voice, short film about Ros Sereysothea by Greg Cahill
• Don't Think I've Forgotten - A documentary about the Khmer rock and roll scene.
• Ros Sereysothea - Biography, Videos, Music, Pictures - A fan site.
• Freedom Deal - Dramatic feature film with Cambodian rock and roll soundtrack elements
• Ros Sereysothea Biography

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Eva Ayllón
Eva Ayllón at The Sydney Opera House 25/09/2010
Background information
Birth name	María Angélica Ayllón Urbina
Born	(1956-02-06) February 6, 1956 (age 56)
Origin	Lima, Peru
Genres	Música criolla
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1970–present
Website	www.evaayllon.net

Eva Ayllón (born February 6, 1956 as María Angélica Ayllón Urbina), a composer and singer, is one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring stars.

Biography[link]

Ayllón adopted the stage "Eva" from her maternal grandmother, Eva, who began teaching the young María music at an early age. As a child and teen, Eva Ayllón sang in school competitions and later on television and radio. Throughout the early 1970s, Eva appeared in many música criolla musical groups such as Rinconcito Monsefuano, La peña de los Ugarte, Los Mundialistas o Callejón and Los Kipus. By 1975, Eva began to pursue a solo singing career, touring internationally by 1979. In 1989, Eva formed Los Hijos del Sol (Children of the Sun), a supergroup made up of Peruvian musical stars in an effort to promote Peruvian music through performance and recording.

Eva Ayllón was born María Angélica Ayllón Urbina on February 7, 1956, adopting the name "Eva" after her maternal grandmother who initiated her in vocalization at the age of three. Within a few years, she was singing at school, youth competitions and later, on television and radio. In the early 70s she began to appear in many of the local “peñas criollas”, a gathering of musician friends, and began to define herself as one of the leading interpreters of Peru’s Música Criolla.

From 1973 through 1975, she sang as the lead voice in the popular trio "Los Kipus", eventually leaving the group to pursue a solo career. By 1979, she began touring internationally, with appearances in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan and since then her music and live performances are requested on a yearly basis at international music events. In addition to Música Criolla, Eva emerged as the leading exponent of Afro-Peruvian landós and festejos. The most important interpreter of Peruvian music, deservedly known as the Queen of Landó, is today at her musical peak. Eva’s recording career spans over 20 albums. In 2003, her album titled “Eva” was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best Folk Album category.

Eva released her first US album, “Eva! Leyenda Peruana”, on Times Square Records in 2004. Since then, Eva’s musical presence continues to expand boundaries. In her commitment to broaden the awareness of afro-Peruvian culture, Eva changed her residence from Lima, Peru to New Jersey that same year. And since then, Eva and her group have been touring across Europe, North America and Latin America extensively. "Leyenda Peruana" gained praise and recognition in different latitudes, and in Germany it received the Critic’s choice award for Best Traditional Recording. The group is about to embark on another US and European tour to introduce new cities and new countries to Eva Ayllon's music.

In January 2007, Eva was honored with a seat among the judges at Latin America’s largest music festival, Viña del Mar. In April, Eva released a live concert DVD recording titled “LIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD”. The DVD captures Eva’s impeccable performance before a sold-out audience at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, California. Among the highlights is the new arrangement for the Afro Peruvian all-time favorite Toro Mata that besides presenting an exhilarating vocal rendition also demonstrates Eva’s exuberant dance chops that led the LA Times to refer to her as the “Tina Turner from Peru.”

To date, Eva has produced over 20 records, and nominated 3 times to the Latin Grammy. Her latest release "Eva Ayllon Celebra 40 Años Cantandole Al Peru", is a compilation of her greatest hits, and revistis the musical styles that she has performed over the last four decades. In 2008 she performed at a sold out Carnegie Hall on November 8 in New York. In September 2010 Eva performed at the Sydney Opera House, Australia, setting a new career high of world famous venues where she's performed.

Today, Eva continues to tour and lives in New Jersey with her two children.

Discography[link]

• Kipus y Eva (Iempsa, 1977)
• Esta noche (Sonodisc 1979)
• Al ritmo de Eva Ayllón (Sono Radio, 1980)
• Señoras y señores (Sono Radio, 1981)
• Cuando hacemos el amor (Sono Radio, 1982)
• Eva Ayllón (CBS, 1983)
• Eva Ayllón en escena (CBS, 1984)
• Para mi gente (CBS, 1985)
• Para Todos (CBS, 1986)
• Huellas (CBS, 1987)
• Landó de la vida y yo (Sono Radio, 1989)
• Eva siempre Eva (Sono Sur, 1990)
• Concierto de gala en vivo (Discos Independientes, 1992)
• Gracias a la vida (Discos Independientes, 1993)
• Para tenerte (Discos Independientes, 1994)
• 25 años, 25 éxitos (Discos Independientes, 1995)
• Ritmo color y sabor (Discos Independientes, 1996)
• Amanecer en ti (Discos Independientes, 1998)
• Juntos llevamos la Paz (Pro Estudios, 1999)
• 30 años en Vivo (Iempsa, 2000)
• Eva (Sony 2002)
• Eva! Leyenda Peruana (Times Square Records, 2004)
• Live From Hollywood DVD (NIDO Entertainment, 2007)
• Kimba Fá (Times Square Records, 2008)
• Canta A Chabuca Granda (SURA MUSIC S.R.L, 2009)
• Celebra 40 Años Enamorada Del Perú (11 y 6 Discos, 2010)

Songs[link]

• Aplausos para el Perú (Applause for Peru)
• Enamorada De Mi Pais
• Callejón de un solo caño (Alley of an only pipe)
• Destino sin amor (Destination without love)
• El plebeyo (The Commoner)
• Engañada noche tras noche (Deceived night after night)
• Idolatría (Idolatry)
• La noche de tu ausencia (The night without you)
• Mal paso (Misstep)
• Negro tiene que ser (Black it must be)
• Qué de mí (What about me)
• Que viva el Perú señores (Long live Peru, gentlemen!)
• Remembranza (Remembrances)
• Ritmo, color y sabor (Rhythm, color and flavor)
• Ruperta
• Saca las manos (Take your hands off)
• Toromata
• Kimba Fa
• Muñeco De La Ciudad
• Hoy

External links[link]

• (Spanish) Official Page
• (English) SonicBids Page
• Eva Ayllon: Afro-Peruvian Queen (NPR Report)
• Eva Ayllón, ToroMata LIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD DVD
• Eva Ayllón, Selection of Valses

Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa (1973)
Background information
Birth name	Haydée Mercedes Sosa
Born	(1935-07-09)July 9, 1935
Origin	Argentina
Died	October 4, 2009(2009-10-04) (aged 74)
Genres	Folk, Nueva canción
Occupations	Singer, Activist
Years active	1950–2009

Haydée Mercedes Sosa (9 July 1935^[1] – 4 October 2009), known as La Negra (literally: The Black One), was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and many countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both Brazilians and Cubans. She was best known as the "voice of the voiceless ones".^[2]

Sosa performed in venues such as the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Théâtre Mogador in Paris and the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, as well as sell-out shows in New York's Carnegie Hall and the Roman Coliseum during her final decade of life. Her career spanned four decades and she has been the recipient of several Grammy awards and nominations, including three nominations which will be decided posthumously. She served as an ambassador for UNICEF.

Life[link]

Sosa was born on 9 July 1935, in San Miguel de Tucumán, in the northwestern Argentine province of Tucumán, of mestizo, French, and Quechua Amerindian ancestry.^[3] In 1950, at age fifteen, she won a singing competition organized by a local radio station and was given a contract to perform for two months.^[4] She recorded her first album, La Voz de la Zafra, in 1959.^[4] A performance at the 1965 Cosquín National Folklore Festival -where she was introduced and brought to the scene while seating among the public by fellow folk singer Jorge Cafrune-,^[5] brought her to the attention of her native countrypeople.^[4]

Sosa and her first husband, Manuel Óscar Matus, with whom she had one son, were key players in the mid-60s nueva canción movement (which was called nuevo cancionero in Argentina).^[6] Her second record was Canciones con Fundamento, a collection of Argentine folk songs.

In 1967, Sosa toured the United States and Europe with great success. In later years, she performed and recorded extensively, broadening her repertoire to include material from throughout Latin America.

In the early 1970s, Sosa released two concept albums in collaboration with composer Ariel Ramírez and lyricist Félix Luna: Cantata Sudamericana and Mujeres Argentinas (Argentine Women). She also recorded a tribute to Chilean poet Violeta Parra in 1971, including what was to become one of Sosa's signature songs, Gracias a la Vida.^[3][7] She also improved the popularity of songs written by Milton Nascimento of Brazil and Pablo Milanés and Silvio Rodríguez both from Cuba.^[3]

After the military junta of Jorge Videla came to power in 1976, the atmosphere in Argentina grew increasingly oppressive. At a concert in La Plata in 1979, Sosa was searched and arrested on stage, along with the attending crowd.^[6] Their release came about through international intervention.^[4] Banned in her own country, she moved to Paris and then to Madrid.^[4][6] Her second husband died in 1978.

Sosa returned to Argentina in 1982,^[6] several months before the military regime collapsed as a result of the Malvinas War, and gave a series of concerts at the Opera theatre in Buenos Aires, where she invited many of her younger colleagues to share the stage. A double album of recordings from these performances became an instant best seller. In subsequent years, Sosa continued to tour both in Argentina and abroad, performing in such venues as the Lincoln Center in New York and the Théâtre Mogador in Paris. In a poor condition of health for much of the 1990s, she performed a comeback show in Argentina in 1998.^[4] In 1994, she played the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.^[3] In 2002, she sold out both Carnegie Hall in New York and the Coliseum in Rome in the same year.^[3]

A supporter of Perón in her youth, she favored leftist causes throughout her life. She opposed President Carlos Menem, who was in office from 1989 to 1999, and supported the election of Néstor Kirchner, who became president in 2003.^[8] Sosa was a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean.^[6][9]

In a career consisting of four decades, she worked with performers across several genres and generations, folk, opera, pop, rock, including Lucio Dalla, Nana Mouskouri, Maria Farantouri, Andrea Bocelli, Holly Near, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso,^[3] Joan Manuel Serrat,^[3] Chico Buarque, Gal Costa, Gian Marco, Konstantin Wecker, Lourdes Pérez, Nilda Fernández, Pata Negra, David Broza, Franco Battiato, Luz Casal, Ismael Serrano, Charly Garcia, Joan Baez, Luciano Pavarotti, Shakira, Lila Downs, Julieta Venegas, Martha Argerich, Francis Cabrel and Sting.^[6]

Sosa participated in a 1999 production of Ariel Ramírez's Misa Criolla.^[10] Her song Balderrama is featured in the 2008 movie Che, starring Benicio del Toro as the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.^[11]

Awards[link]

She won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2000 ("Misa Criolla"), 2003 ("Acústico") and 2006 ("Corazón Libre"), as well as many international awards.

Her album Cantora 1 won two awards at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2009. She won Best Folk Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. The album was also awarded Best Recording Package.

Death[link]

Mercedes Sosa lying in repose, with her family and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner viewing.

Suffering from recurrent endocrine and respiratory problems in later years, the 74-year-old Sosa was hospitalized in Buenos Aires on September 18, 2009.^[12] She died from multiple organ failure on October 4, 2009, at 5:15 am.^[7] She is survived by one son, Fabian Matus, born during the first marriage.^[4][13] He said: "She lived her 74 years to the fullest. She had done practically everything she wanted, she didn't have any type of barrier or any type of fear that limited her".^[13] The hospital expressed its sympathies with her relations.^[14] Her website featured the following: "Her undisputed talent, her honesty and her profound convictions leave a great legacy to future generations".^[15]

Her body was placed on display at the National Congress building in Buenos Aires for the public to pay their respects, and President Fernández de Kirchner ordered three days of national mourning.^[13][16] Thousands had queued by the end of the day.^[15] She was cremated on October 5.^[15][17]

Sosa's obituary in The Daily Telegraph said she was "an unrivalled interpreter of works by her compatriot, the Argentinian Atahualpa Yupanqui, and Chile's Violeta Parra".^[4] Helen Popper of Reuters announced her death by saying she "fought South America's dictators with her voice and became a giant of contemporary Latin American music".^[17] Sosa received two Latin Grammy nominations for her album which is nominated for a total of three awards. She went on to win Best Folk Album about a month after her death.^[3][6]

Discography[link]

Mercedes Sosa in 2005, with Argentina's then-First Lady (now president), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

She recorded forty albums.^[3][6]

• La voz de la zafra (1962)
• Canciones con fundamento (1965)
• Yo no canto por cantar (1966)
• Hermano (1966)
• Para cantarle a mi gente (1967)
• Con sabor a Mercedes Sosa (1968)
• Mujeres argentinas (1969)
• Navidad con Mercedes Sosa (1970)
• El grito de la tierra (1970)
• Homenaje a Violeta Parra (1971)
• Hasta la victoria (1972)
• Cantata sudamericana (1972)
• Traigo un pueblo en mi voz (1973)
• Si se calla el cantor (1973) (with Gloria Martín, life in Venezuela)
• Niño de mañana (1975)
• A que florezca mi pueblo (1975)
• En dirección del viento (1976)
• O cio da terra (1977)
• Mercedes Sosa interpreta a Atahualpa Yupanqui (1977)
• Si se calla el cantor (1977) - Recopilacion
• Serenata para la tierra de uno (1979)
• A quién doy (1980)
• Gravado ao vivo no Brasil (1980)
• Mercedes Sosa en Argentina (1982)
• Mercedes Sosa (1983)
• Como un pájaro libre (1983)
• Recital (1983)
• ¿Será posible el sur? (1984)
• Vengo a ofrecer mi corazón (1985)
• Corazón americano (1985) (with Milton Nascimento and León Gieco)
• Mercedes Sosa ´86 (1986)
• Mercedes Sosa ´87 (1987)
• Amigos míos (1988)
• En vivo en Europa (1999)
• De mí (1991)
• 30 años (1993)
• Sino (1993)
• Gestos de amor (1994)
• Live in Argentina (1994)
• Live in Europe (1994)
• Sera Posible El Sur (1994)
• Vivir (1994)
• Oro (1995)
• Escondido en mi país (1996)
• Gracias a la Vida (1996)
• Alta fidelidad (1997) (with Charly García)
• Coleccion Mi Historia (1997)
• Al despertar (1998)
• Misa criolla (1999)
• Serie Millennium 21 (1999)
• La Negra (2000)
• Acústico (2002)
• Grandes Exitos, Vols. 1 & 2 (2002)
• 40 Obras Fundamentales (2003)
• Argentina quiere cantar (2003) (with Víctor Heredia and León Gieco)
• Voz Y Sentimiento (2003)
• Corazón libre (2005)
• Éxitos Eternos (2005)
• La Historia del Folklore (2007)
• Cantora 1 (2009)
• Cantora 2 (2009)

Filmography[link]

• Güemes, la tierra en armas (1971)
• Argentinísima (1972)
• Esta es mi Argentina (1974)
• Mercedes Sosa, como un pájaro libre (1983)
• Será posible el sur: Mercedes Sosa (1985)
• Historias de Argentina en vivo (2001)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Mercedes Sosa's website (in Spanish)
• Mercedes Sosa's News (in Spanish)
• Mercedes Sosa at the Internet Movie Database