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Carlos Mejía Godoy

Short Name: Carlos Mejía Godoy
Full Name: Mejía Godoy, Carlos
Birth Year: 1943

Carlos Mejía Godoy (born June 27, 1943) is a Nicaraguan musician, composer and singer. He was born in Somoto, Madriz. Son of Carlos Mejía Fajardo and María Elsa Godoy, his brother Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, three years younger than he is, is also an acclaimed and much-loved musician. Carlos and Luis Enrique were pivotal in the New Song Movement in Central America beginning in the 1970s.

Many of his songs, performed with his band los de Palacagüina, became associated with the Sandinista movement as songs of the workers and revolutionaries. He even composed a Mass for the working class, the Misa Campesina Nicaragüense. Many of his songs during the late 1970s gave instructions on how to use, assemble, and disassemble the rifles people were capturing from dictator Somoza's National Guard during street battles.

Wikipedia Biography

Carlos Mejía Godoy (born June 27, 1943) is a Nicaraguan musician (accordion), composer and singer. He was born in Somoto, Madriz. Son of Carlos Mejía Fajardo and María Elsa Godoy, his brother Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, three years younger than he is, is also an acclaimed and much-loved musician. Carlos and Luis Enrique were pivotal in the New Song Movement in Central America beginning in the 1970s. They were both honored with Nicaragua's highest cultural distinction, the Order of Rubén Darío.
Wikipedia Biography

TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Carlos Mejía Godoy (6)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Como el trigo de los camposCarlos Mejía Godoy (Author)Spanish2
Cristo, Cristo Jesús, identifícate con nosotrosCarlos Mejía Godoy (Author)Spanish2
Por todos los caminosCarlos Mejía Godoy (Author)Spanish1
Vos sos el destazado en la cruzCarlos Mejia Godoy (Author)Spanish1
Vos sos el Dios de los pobres (You are the God of the poor)Carlos Mejía Godoy (Author)English, Spanish1
Vos vas de la mano con mi genteCarlos Mejía Godoy (Author)Spanish2

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