The tape tells the story of a people who love freedom as much as Americans do and who are willing to fight to the death to keep their country free from outside invaders including Americans. The small family plays acoustical instruments. Everyone sings and when necessary, can also play the cello. We play folk, in the broadest sense of the word, which includes a little jazz, a little swing, a little country and a lot of international music. The performers often sing in foreign languages, among them, Spanish and French.
Folk music is about people s lives.
We feel that this music communicates easily to people of different countries. Nicaraguans loved New Orleans swing songs. In fact, we call our production company Pegajosa, a Spanish word for catchy, like a tune. Ms. Witt would like to return to Nicaragua. I d like not only to play music there again, but also to pick cotton or coffee.