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Caracas, Venezuela - The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) opened their 5th Congress, March 5, with music and a cheering crowd, followed by serious speeches of the PSUV leaders.

Caracas, Venezuela - The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) opened their 5th Congress, March 5, with music and a cheering crowd, followed by serious speeches of the PSUV leaders.

In a video interview he gave a couple years ago when he released his most recent album, “That’s What I Heard,” bluesman Robert Cray was asked to describe the record in three words. Cray pursed his lips a moment, looked to the side, then smiled and...

Global Village | January 24-28, 2022

Lauren Ishida reviews the second edition of Jeporeká, which highlighted the art of song through young Paraguayan composers and performers.

This week and next we focus on the 2021 edition of the Paraguayan project dedicated to the art of songwriting.

In a twist, the album also includes orchestral versions of hits by Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra, Marco Antonio Solís and Maná’s lead singer Fher Olvera, but instead of featuring them on vocals, they play instruments: Sanz the flamenco guitar, Guerra the acoustic guitar, Olvera his harmonica and Solís the percussion. As for Vallín, he used 16 guitars for his opus, including that 1965 Fender Stratocaster pre-robbery, along with electric Gibson and Les Paul guitars, acoustic guitars by C...