I have a wounded guitar

Denise de Kalafe is a Brazilian singer who seems to have fled the country not long before this album was released (in Venezuela) and performed throughout Central America becoming famous in Mexico especially. I can't find much early information on her anywhere but this might have been her first or second album, sounds, looks and feels like '66 or '67 (there's a collection of material from the 80's and 90's that is decidedly not Juju material). She later moved into acting and production in film and TV.

Here's an interesting tidbit about her:

October 16, 1996, Wednesday
(By The New York Times); National Desk
Dade County, Fla, Circuit Court jury awards $2.7 million to Brazilian singer, Denise de Kalafe, who said her career was destroyed after she was prevented from performing at cultural festival in 1989 because she had been branded a Castro sympathizer.

So, I don't suppose she's been back since except to pick up a check.

As you'd guess from the title the lyrics are in Spanish, slightly unusual for a Brazilian singer. Styles range from brassy upbeat mod-grooviness (Tengo una Guitarra Herida), to homeland bossa shuffle (including a hep version of Acuarela de Brasil and my favorite track "En un pais de America del Sur"), and a couple of ballads. Even on the upbeat songs she has a kind of downer vibe and I've grown to like every track, but sorry, there's no fuzz guitars to match the cover - maybe if you stare at it long enough while while it's playing you can hear them. In fact, look twice before listening.

Denise de Kalafe - en Espanol
Palacio / Producciones Fermata LP-7499

Tengo una Guitarra Herida (3:46)
Tierra (2:11)
Viola Enluarda (Guitarras llnas de luna)
Actuacion Especial Bosanova Cuatro (3:10)
Donde quedo tu primavera? (3:18)
Yemele (1:43)
Cancion Latina (2:55)
Si Si, No No, (3:44)
Asi que facil es (4:05)
Acuarela de Brasil (3:30)
Yo lo aprendi de ti (2:50)
En un pais de America del Sur (2:17)
Mi mejor cantar (3:03)


Tengo una Guitarra Herida (3:46)

En un pais de America del Sur (2:17)











btw: Liners are written by a Gloria Martin and while there's a lot of talk of freedom and the "new voice of liberation" I don't think that it's actually the feminist Gloria Martin?