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Hasta la Raíz | Song Across Latin America

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We are proud to share our new video of the song “Hasta la Raíz,” by Natalia Lafourcade and Leonel García, and recorded during pandemic times to send a message to the relatives of missing people in Latin America: You are not alone in the search of your loved ones. This is a joint project by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Playing For Change in honor of the International Day of the Disappeared. This video features nine Latin American countries and more than 15 musicians including singers such as Leon Gieco (Argentina) and Susana Baca (Peru). Also included are a group of extraordinary musicians who play several Latin American instruments: the accordion king from Colombia, Garifuna drums from Honduras, cavaquinhos from Brazil, guitars from El Salvador, cajon from Peru, and the Guatemalan National Symphony Orchestra.

In Latin America, each day dozens of people disappear for diverse causes related to armed conflicts, violence, migration, natural disasters, among others. Some of their families have had no news of their missing loved ones for more than 20 years. Together, and through music, we would like to express our solidarity to those who are facing the profound and universal feeling of losing a loved one. The families of missing people will not stop searching, despite pandemics or other adversities, nor will we stop helping them.

We would like to thank León Gieco, Susana Baca, Silvana Estrada, Nanan, MishCatt, Daniel Rucks, Mateo Sorto, Gerardo Carrillo, Chico Botosso, Franco Carzedda, José Agote and Adrián Buono (Los Pinguos), Twanguero, Oscar Huaranga, Jorge Garcia (Tambor Negro), Julián Mojica and the Guatemalan National Symphony Orchestra for their generous contribution to this video. León Gieco participates thanks to the courtesy of Universal Music Argentina, S.A.

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Full Credits

Written by: Natalia Lafourcade and Leonel García

Adrian Buono: guitar

Daniel Rucks: guitar

Diego García (Twanguero): guitar

Chico Botosso: cavaquiño

Gerardo Carrillo: bass

Gustavo Santaolalla: vocals, ronroco

Franco Carzedda: percussion

Jorge Garcia (Tambor Negro): percussion

Jose Agote: guitar

Julián Mojica: accordion

Leon Gieco: vocals, harmonica

Mateo Sorto: guitar

Michelle Gonzalez (MishCatt): vocals

Nanan (Renan Zanatta): vocals

Nidia Gongora: vocals

Orquesta Nacional Sinfónica de Guatemala: orchestra

Oscar Huaranga: cajon

Silvana Estrada: vocals

Susana Baca: vocals

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