Hello everyone, it took me a lot
to choose a specific musician. First I would like to tell you
that I have very
different tastes, I can pass from Chilean music, to gringa, European, tropical
music, Brazilian music, romantic music. The truth is that I enjoy music a lot,
listen to it, dance
it, enjoy it in solitude, with friends, my family, etc.
Since I was little my parents
instilled in me the love for Latin American folklore, but my taste
for Chilean
music and folklore is wonderful.
I chose Violeta Parra, who is a
singer-songwriter and one of the leading folklorists in South America and a
promoter of popular music in Chile. I like it because I feel that its music is
poetry, it delivers reality with only a guitar accompanied, it can go from
songs to love or heartbreak, to the injustices of the people. I've known her
since I was little, we spent hours with my family listening to her (along with
other Chilean singers). Today, her songs transmit me a lot of peace, I consider
her a national reference with respect to music and I think it is the duty of
all of us to continue reproducing her music so that it is never forgotten.
It is difficult to find videos of her since she died in
1967, time when so many video clips were not generated and because of her
simplicity in the musical art, she did not either. In Youtube you usually find
her songs sung by her, but she does not appear. I have two favorite songs of
Violeta, first "La Jardinera" and "La Petaquita", both
remind me when I was a child, and I sang and danced with my parents. I leave a
video where she does not appear, but if her voice, with one of my favorite
songs:
Hello Macarena, I loved tour post because I like Violeta Parra so much, without her chilean music wouldn't be the same. My favourite Violeta Parra's song is "El Gavilán". And I love the Nicanor Parra's "Defensa de Violeta Parra" that was musicalizated by Los Bunkers.
ReplyDeleteRegards!
Hello Maca!
ReplyDeleteI´m very surprised with your choice, but i think that Violeta Parra is a amazing woman, his music fascinates me, every so often I go back to it and listen to my different favorite songs.
Regards!
Hello Maca!
ReplyDeleteLike you, I also enjoy a lot of folklore, as a child I danced and sang, also my family listens a lot, that's because I love him. My favorite song of Violeta Para is 'Run run se fue pal Norte'.
Regards!