Gabino Palomares | |
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 Gabino Palomares. Circa 1998. Concert in Mexico City. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 26, 1950 Comonfort, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Genres | Nueva canción, canto nuevo, protest song |
| Instrument(s) | Voice, guitar |
Gabino Palomares Gómez (born May 26, 1950. Comonfort, Guanajuato, México)[1] is a Mexican singer-songwriter and a social and political activist. He is one of the main exponents of the nueva canción movement in Latin America,[2][3][4] and one of the founders of the canto nuevo movement in Mexico, alongside Amparo Ochoa, Óscar Chávez, and the group Los Folkloristas.[5] He is the author of "La maldición de Malinche" (Malinche's Curse, 1978),[6] one of the most prominent songs of the movement,[7][8] and of more than a hundred songs covering social, political, and love themes.
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- ^ Fairley, Jan (1988). "Alive and Performing in Latin America: Review.". Popular Music 7, No. 1. p. 105–110.