songs – People's World

‘Only an Octave Apart’: Celebrating queerness in opera and cabaret mashup CD

February 22, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

We are dealing here with sophisticated artists of vast professional experience and accomplishment who are sensitive to “the promise of living” in all its complexity.

Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez speaks out

June 30, 2021 By Granma

"A Cuba without the blockade would be an opportunity to be and to show ourselves as we are."

Victor Jara’s song returns as an anthem of our time

March 5, 2021 By Vijay Prashad

What does it mean that Jara’s song returns as an anthem in our time, its call for the right to live in peace laden with meaning across generations?

Remembering protest singer Phil Ochs on his 80th birthday

December 18, 2020 By Special to People’s World

Ochs was one of our nation’s most profound singer/songwriters in the period that bridged the Civil Rights, antiwar, and feminist movements.

Brazilian singer Vital Farias’ ‘An Amazon Tale’ in poetic new English translation

November 23, 2020 By Peter Lownds

English lyrics for Brazilian singer/songwriter Vital Farias’ “Saga da Amazônia,” a poetic translation.