My Havana : the musical city of Carlos Varela / edited by María Caridad Cumaná, Karen Dubinsky, and Xenia Reloba de la Cruz ; translator, Ana Elena Arazoza.

• Introduction : Varela's musical city / María Caridad Cumaná and Karen Dubinsky -- Carlos Varela : the distinguished son of William Tell / Joaquín Borges-Triana -- The persistence of "memorias" / Robert Nasatir -- "Politics don't fit in a sugar bowl" : Cuba in the 1990s through the music of Varela / Xenia Reloba de la Cruz -- Carlos Varela and the carousel of Cuban history / Karen Dubinsky -- A singer who uses the guitar as a camera : the cinematic quality of Carlos Varela's songs / María Caridad Cumaná -- Singing the cityscape : Varela as urban chronicler / Susan Thomas -- Carlos Varela, protest song, and Cuban music history / Robin Moore -- Epilogue : Carlos Varela : a Cuban who knows the past but can also see the future / Paul Webster Hare -- Interview : Beginning a new Cuban dream : an interview with Carlos Varela / María Caridad Cumaná and Karen Dubinsky -- Appendix : Lyrics of Varela's recorded songs in English and Spanish.

• For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. 

Ämnesord

Popular music  -- Cuba -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Popular music  -- Political aspects -- Cuba. (LCSH)

Songs, Spanish  -- Cuba -- Texts -- Translations into English. (LCSH)

Populärmusik  -- historia (sao)

Populärmusik  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Havana (Cuba)  -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)

Genre

Analys och tolkning  (saogf)

Personnamn

Varela, Carlos, 1963- -- Criticism and interpretation.

Varela, Carlos, 1963- -- Influence.

Varela, Carlos, 1963-

Varela Cerezo, Carlos Victoriano, Singer-songwriter.

Klassifikation

ML420.V283 (LCC)

782.42164092 (DDC)