WIDR World » obituary http://jasonjhall.com/widrworld International Music Radio from Kalamazoo, Michigan Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mercedes Sosa — 1935-2009 http://jasonjhall.com/widrworld/2009/10/04/mercedes-sosa-%e2%80%94-1935-2009/ http://jasonjhall.com/widrworld/2009/10/04/mercedes-sosa-%e2%80%94-1935-2009/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:24:03 +0000 Jason http://jasonjhall.com/widrworld/?p=46 Mercedes Sosa, an Argentine musician and activist, has passed away at the age of 74. The singer was a supporter of leftist causes, and as a result spent several years in exile in Paris and Madrid. She was named a Goodwill Ambassador by UNESCO, and won several Latin Grammies for her work. Though her focus was on traditional folk music in Argentina, she eventually worked with a wide range of other musicians, including Cuba’s Silvio Rodiriguez, opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, pop musician Sting, and many others. Find a great article about her life at the Washington Post’s web site.

Listen to today’s program for a few selections from her enormous catalog of recordings.

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