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Paredon Records

UNESCO

Founded in 1969 by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber, Paredon Records was part of a wave of cultural expression that accompanied the worldwide struggle for economic, racial, and social justice and national liberation of the mid-twentieth century. The fifty titles released by Paredon are singular documents—some of the most relevant and moving song, poetry, and oratory of the times, created by the artists and leaders who lived them. Dane and Silber donated Paredon Records to the Smithsonian Institution in 1991 to insure the availability of this material to posterity.

A few recordings from Paredon Records. Click here for more.

Por Eso Luchamos
Por Eso Luchamos
Cutumay Camones
PAR01050 (1985)
...And Ain't I a Woman?
...And Ain't I a Woman?
New Harmony Sisterhood Band
PAR01038 (1977)
Puerto Rico: Algo Se Quema Alla Afuera! (Something Is Burning Out There!)
Puerto Rico: Algo Se Quema Allá Afuera! (Something Is Burning Out There!)
Estrella Artau
PAR01032 (1975)
Italy: Avanti Popolo! (Forward People!)
Italy: Avanti Popolo! (Forward People!)
Various Artists
PAR01026 (1974)
A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America
A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America
Chris Kando Iijima, Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto, "Charlie" Chin
PAR01020 (1973)