Friday Tunes

Eva Cassidy singing "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield, written in the heat of the civil rights movement)

Simply Red singing Harold Melvin's "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

Rappin 4 Tay – "I'll Be Around" (The Spinners)

Illapu (prounounced eeyapu), was formed in 1971, in Antofagasta, in northern Chile, by the brothers José Miguel, Jaime, Andrés and Roberto Márquez Bugueno. A later addition to the group was Osvaldo Torres. Illapu comes from the Quechua word meaning "Lightning Bolt". Their music was Folklore Andino. In 1981, because of the repression under the Pinochet regime, they were forced into exile - going first to France and later Mexico City. In 1988, due to the improved political climate, they returned to Chile. Their 1993 album (En Estos Días), which contained the hit single "Lejos del Amor", won 7 platinum records.