On a Saturday evening earlier this year, Cal State L.A. professor Ericka Verba and her former bandmates took the stage at Santa Monica’s Church in Ocean Park to perform a tribute to the mid-20th ...

Most of what I’ve learned about Chile has come from reading novels by Chilean writers, studying the country’s political fortunes since the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende’s government, and the long ...

Violeta Parra grew up in poverty in rural Chile and became an internationally recognized musician, her songs covered by such luminaries as Joan Baez and Shakira. With its grand arc, her story would ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Violeta Parra was born in 1917, in the region of Chillán, in the South of Chile, ...

Violeta Went to Heaven‘s creators do a disservice to Chilean singer and multi-hyphenate artist Violeta Parra’s legacy by making her suicide the logical climax to her working life. Because Parra ...

Chile, that thin strip of land lulled to sleep by the Pacific and the Andes, has given birth to many people that have left their mark in the hearts of millions all across the planet: the Nobel Prize ...

For this year’s Icons & Influences issue, we asked 10 artists to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their sound, provided an example, and inspired them to break down barriers. Chan Marshall, a.k ...