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Isabel Parra

Isabel Parra

Isabel Parra has been played on NTS in shows including Heaven and Earth Magic w/ Jocelyn Romo, featured first on 20 November 2024. Songs played include La Lavandera and Si Hemos Perdido La Alegria .

Isabel Parra (born 1939) is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of Latin American musical folklore.

Isabel Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother and folklorist, Violeta Parra. She has since interpreted and recorded the songs of some of the most famous Latin American folk singers. After the September 11, 1973 Chilean coup d’etat she lived in exile in Argentina and France for many years. She returned to Chile when democracy returned to her country.

Isabel Parra has toured extensively during her career and was a distinctive figure in the Nueva Cancion Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. Isabel Parra is also the sister of the famous folk singer Ángel Parra and the niece of the famous poet Nicanor Parra.

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Isabel Parra

Isabel Parra has been played on NTS in shows including Heaven and Earth Magic w/ Jocelyn Romo, featured first on 20 November 2024. Songs played include La Lavandera and Si Hemos Perdido La Alegria .

Isabel Parra (born 1939) is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of Latin American musical folklore.

Isabel Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother and folklorist, Violeta Parra. She has since interpreted and recorded the songs of some of the most famous Latin American folk singers. After the September 11, 1973 Chilean coup d’etat she lived in exile in Argentina and France for many years. She returned to Chile when democracy returned to her country.

Isabel Parra has toured extensively during her career and was a distinctive figure in the Nueva Cancion Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. Isabel Parra is also the sister of the famous folk singer Ángel Parra and the niece of the famous poet Nicanor Parra.

Original source: Last.fm

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La Lavandera
Isabel Parra
Peña De Los Parra1969
Si Hemos Perdido La Alegria
Isabel Parra
Le Chant Du Monde1976