years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
1963 & ndash ; present montevideo , uruguay daniel viglietti solo_singer 24 july 1939 guitar , vocals folk music , nueva canción daniel viglietti - primer plano.jpg daniel viglietti
 daniel alberto viglietti indart musician
daniel viglietti

daniel alberto viglietti indart -lrb- born 24 july 1939 , montevideo -rrb- is an uruguayan folk singer , guitarist , composer , and political activist .
he is one of the main exponents of uruguayan popular song and also of the `` nueva canción '' or `` new song '' of the 1960s and early 1970s .
he founded , in 1971 , along with other musicians like josé `` pepe '' guerra , braulio lópez , the music scholar coriún aharonián -lrb- the only founding member who is still active -rrb- , myriam dibarboure , maría teresa sande and notary public edgardo bello , the recognized independent record label ayuí / tacuabé in order to promote and support valuable uruguayan musical expressions .
he has performed the works of cuban `` nueva trova '' stars silvio rodríguez and pablo milanés and brazil 's chico buarque and edu lobo , has worked with cuban composer and arranger leo brouwer .
his recordings are widely available , especially `` trópicos '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- .
viglietti was imprisoned in 1972 by his own government .
he was supported by the likes of jean-paul sartre as an international man of conscience , a voice for peace , and an opponent of the fascism and tyranny that plagued south america in the 1970s .
rumors about possible mistreatment against him forced the authorities to bring him out in front of television cameras to show that , in particular , his hands were fine .
however , viglietti spoke out that his treatment in police custody was much better than what other political prisoners received .
he was a peer of the late chilean poet and folk singer victor jara and composer and activist violeta parra .
