10/12/2025
Wonderful article in the about the life and music of Violeta Parra who was posthumously inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2014.
"...Violeta Parra, folk genius who redefined Latin American music..."
Her most iconic song, Gracias a la Vida (“Thanks to Life”), with its signature strumming and poetic lyrics about beauty and pain, joys and sorrows — the full spectrum of the human experience — has been reinterpreted by myriad artists, including Jennifer Lopez, the country singer Kacey Musgraves, Shakira, the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire and the K-pop duo Davichi.