Colombia cries Julio César Bovea, the second Vallenato legend who passes away this year. The first one was Maestro Lucho Bermúdez, who died in May. Bovea was 75 years old when he finished his days in Bogotá and more than 60 years dedicated to the Colombian emblem of music: Vallenato. He used to boast that he was the first artist to make Vallenato a national phenomena and brought it as far as Argentina, Mexico, Spain and United States. (more…)
On 2009/09/13, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
On 2009/05/20, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
The homage of Uruguayan artist Haro to Professor Rafael Escalona
By Daniel Samper Pizano | Translated by Albeiro Rodas
From Swipne.
Rafael Calixto Escalona Martínez was born in Patillal, Cesar, on 27th May 1927. He was the seventh of nine siblings in the family made by Clemente Escalona Labarces, colonel of the war of the Thousand Days and Margarita Martínez Celedón. (more…)
On 2009/05/16, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
The King of Vallenato, Rafael Escalona, passed away this week in Bogotá. He can be considered one of the most well-loved Colombians and his name is referred almost as legendary and part of the identity of a Latin American culture at the same level of what is Celia Cruz, Carlos Gardel and other figures of the artistic Latino world.
Vallenato, that Colombian music genre that conquered also countries like Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador and even the States, have two names in history: the first one seems a figure of magic surrealism: Francisco el Hombre (or Francis the Man if you prefer a translation), considered the founder of Vallenato, without a real historical evidence of his existence. The second one is Rafael Escalona, which name is known by every single Colombian and Vallenato lover in Latin America.
On 2009/01/09, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
The king of Vallenato, the musician and composer Rafael Escalona, 81 y.o., is in the hospital due to a health crisis. Escalona, the author of popular Vallenato songs like “El Testamento“, “La Casa en el Aire” and “La Gota Fría“, suffered of cardiac problems. He is in the Shaio Clinic of Bogotá. (more…)
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