Manu Chao Records Album with 'Radio Crazy'
Johnny Cash was famous for recording his seminal album in an American prison, Radiohead was famous for introducing a revolutionary pay-what-you-want model of album release, and Manu Chao has taken elements of both to record and release his latest album, Viva La Colifata. Chao took himself to La Borda, a psychiatric hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is famous for its revolutionary patient-run radio station Radio La Colifata – literally “Radio Crazy,” a name chosen by the residents themselves. During a series of music workshops he got to know the patients, and the end result is a 20 track album inspired by and featuring the stars of Radio La Colifata. Psychologist and creator of the radio station Alfredo Olivera confirmed: "The process was very positive, not only because it tackled the social stigma of mental illness, but because it helped people leave the hospital and develop their own autonomy. Chao is not a psychologist or a psychiatrist but he knows how to listen to the rhythm of each person.” The album is available via a special website which uses the In Rainbows optional payment system, and all proceeds raised will go to the hospital and its radio station.
Here's Manu's "El Hoyo" performed to a raucous crowd in Spain last year...
ManuChao_ Monforte_170508_02_ElHoyo from pcas on Vimeo.
And an interesting 6-minute documentary in English about Radio La Colifata (embedding disabled) here.
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