The Rebel Music Americas Tour
Peterborough, ON, Sept 22, 2005
Santa Revuelta's singer-songwriter Anibal Kohan (on the left in the photo, with Carlos de Hoz on the right) takes his
inspiration from the struggles of Argentina's militant unemployed workers, the piqueteros. The group are prominent performers on Buenos Aires' latest stage : the street.
Anibal's songs describe the piquetes (road barricades), the neighbourhood assemblies, the daily lives of the people whose movement shook the ruling system that was bankrupting the country and toppled presidents in 2001. An economist by training, Anibal has also published a book - ¡A las calles! - on the history of the piquetero and cacerolero movement.
Carlos de Hoz (Charly) : Charly is a guitar virtuoso and talented music producer who found himself reeling under the impact of the economic crisis along with thousands of other Argentines. Since then, he has become a fellow traveler of the people's movements performing with Santa Revuelta on the picket lines and at neighbourhood assemblies. He runs a small recording studio, called faremostrium (triumfaremos) which he calls a peoples' studio and makes available to musicians with little means.
Photo Credit: Rene Calderon