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Gabino Palomares

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.

Gabino Palomares
Gabino Palomares. Circa 1998. Concert in Mexico City.
Gabino Palomares. Circa 1998. Concert in Mexico City.
Background information
Born (1950-05-26) May 26, 1950 (age 74)
Comonfort, Guanajuato, Mexico
GenresNueva canción, canto nuevo, protest song
Instrument(s)Voice, guitar

Biography

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Gabino Palomares Gómez was born in Comonfort, Guanajuato and studied chemistry at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí.[citation needed] His first show, Poems and Songs, premiered at the university's Song Festivals of 1972 with great success.[9] In 1975, he moved to Mexico City where he started singing in bars, "peñas", universities, unprivileged neighborhoods, public squares, unions' headquarters, and small theaters. Two venues were noteworthy: "El meson de la guitarra" and "La peña Tecuicanime." Here, he met Amparo Ochoa and Salvador "Chava" Flores, with whom he began a life-long friendship.[10] Amparo Ochoa performed and recorded several of his songs, among them "La Maldición de Malinche" (Malinche's Curse, 1978) and "Quién tiene la voz?" (Who owns the voice?, 1984). In the same way, throughout his career Gabino Palomares performed and recorded many of Salvador "Chava" Flores' songs. Some of them are part of the album Gabino Palomares interpreta a Chava Flores (Gabio Palomares Sings the Songs of Chava Flores, 2010).[citation needed]

At the end of the 1970s, Gabino Palomares started to be recognized as one of the main exponents of both Mexican canto nuevo and the Latin American nueva canción (new song).[11][12][13] In 1978, he recorded his first album La Maldición de Malinche (Malinche's Curse) that includes some of his most emblematic songs, among them: "A la patria" (To the Homeland, 1978), "La Maldición de Malinche" (Malinche's Curse, 1978), "La letanía de los poderosos" (The Powerful's Litany, 1978). According to musicologist Jan Fairley, "La maldición de Malinche" is "surely one of the most important songs of the Americas".[14] Also in 1978, Gabino Palomares contributed as composer, singer, and actor in Felipe Santander's celebrated piece "El extensionista" (The extensionist, 1978). From this experience appeared, in 1985, his album El extensionista (The Extensionist, 1985). In 1980, Gabino Palomares recorded his second studio album Fabricando la luz (Manufacturing the Light, 1980).[citation needed]

In recognition of both his work as singer-songwriter and social activist, Gabino Palomares was elected in 1982, in Cuba, General Secretary of the International Committee of the New Song, a position he held until 1988.[15]

From 1980 on, Gabino Palomares' career thrives as he performs in several tours and festivals in Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Germany, U.S., Canada, Ecuador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Peru and Costa Rica. In Mexico, he performed at important venues such as Palacio de Bellas Artes, Auditorio Nacional, Teatro de la Ciudad and Palacio de los Deportes, and toured the country extensively. Between 1984 and 1989, he recorded the albums: Hace como un año (About a Year Ago, 1984), No te creo nada (I don't Believe You at All, 1987) y ¿Qué vamos a hacer? (What Are We Going to Do?, 1989). In 1991, he launched Canciones contra la Guerra (Songs Against the War, 1991) in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.[citation needed]

After almost a decade without releasing a record —which didn't stop him from performing and continuing his social activism—, he launched in the year 2000 the album Historia cotidiana (An Everyday Story, 2000). The record includes a song dedicated to the EZLN: "Espejos de mi alma" (Mirrors of my soul, 2000) and a personal homage to singer and friend Amparo Ochoa: "Hermosísimo lucero" ("Beautiful Bright Star").[16]

Throughout his career, Gabino Palomares has shared stage with some of the great exponents of the Latin American nueva canción movement, among them: Mercedes Sosa, Silvio Rodríguez, Pete Seeger, Daniel Viglietti, León Gieco, Pablo Milanés, Alí Primera, Luis Eduardo Aute, Joan Manuel Serrat, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Isabel Parra, Pedro Luís Ferrer and Chico Buarque.[citation needed]

On August 3, 2012, Gabino Palomares celebrated his 40-year career with a concert/homage organized by Mexico City's Government at the Teatro de la Ciudad.[17]

On September 30, 2013, he performed at the prestigious Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional in the concert 40 años, Los mismos sueños (40 Years, The Same Dreams) alongside the groups Quilapayún, Inti-Illimani, Los Folkloristas, Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, and Uruguayan singer-songwriter Daniel Viglietti.[18]

Discography

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  • La maldición de Malinche, Discos Pueblo, México, 1978, LP.
  • Fabricando la luz, Discos Pueblo, México, 1980, LP.
  • Hace como un año, Discos Pueblo, México, 1984, LP.
  • El extensionista, Discos Plan Joven del CREA, México, 1985, LP.
  • No te creo nada, BMG Ariola, México, 1987, LP.
  • ¿Qué vamos a hacer?, BMG Ariola, México, 1989, LP.
  • Septiembre: Canciones contra la guerra, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 1991, LP.
  • Antología 1, Discos Pueblo, México, 1997, LP.
  • Antología 2, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 1997, LP.
  • Historia cotidiana, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2000, LP.
  • Salimos, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2006, LP.
  • México a través de su canto, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2010, LP.
  • Gabino Palomares interpreta a Chava Flores, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2010, LP.

References

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  1. ^ Sturman, Janet (2015). The Course of Mexican Music. Routledge. p. 236.
  2. ^ Music of Latin America and the Caribbean. Prentice Hall. p. 109.
  3. ^ World Music: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 368.
  4. ^ Anderson, Gary (2007). Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. SAGE. p. 823.
  5. ^ Ojeda, Salvador (1979). "Panorama del Canto Nuevo en México". Diálogos: artes, letras, ciencias humanas 15. No. 2. p. 23–29.
  6. ^ Harrigan, Alice (1986). "New Song: New Political Song?". The Valley Advocate. p. 8.
  7. ^ Mark, Brill (2011). [Music of Latin America and the Caribbean. Prentice Hall. p. 110.
  8. ^ Fairley, Jan (1988). "Alive and Performing in Latin America: Review.". Popular Music 7, No. 1. p. 105–110.
  9. ^ Jorge Laraia (17 de mayo de 2012). "Gabino Palomares cumple 40 años de una trayectoria de música y compromiso social". Consulted October 17, 2016.
  10. ^ Cruz Bárcenas, Arturo (1 abril, 2010). http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/04/01/espectaculos/a08n1esp. La Jornada. p. 8. Consulted October 20, 2016.
  11. ^ Velasco, Jorge (2004). CONACULTA, ed. El canto de la tribu. Prólogo de Carlos Monsiváis. Ciudad de México: CONACULTA. p. 95, 111, 158, 159. ISBN 970-35-0529-5
  12. ^ Brill, Mark (2011). Prentice Hall, ed. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean. Texas: Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 9780131839441.
  13. ^ Broughton, Simon (2000). World Music: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 368.
  14. ^ Fairley, Jan (1988). "Alive and Performing in Latin America: Review». Popular Music 7, No. 1. p. 105-110.
  15. ^ Ida Garberi (November 10, 2010). "Vicente Feliu, un miembro activo de la revolución mundial". Consulted October 21, 2016.
  16. ^ Morales Valentín, Emilio (Marzo 21, 2001). "Une Palomares música y cultura". El Universal. Consulted October 21, 2016.
  17. ^ Cruz Bárcenas, Arturo (Agosto 12, 2012). "La terquedad, cualidad de un cantante de izquierda: Palomares». La Jornada. p. 16. Consulted October 21, 2016.
  18. ^ Cruz Bárcenas, Arturo (October 2, 2013). "Entre protestas y consignas reviven en concierto el ambiente y el ánimo de recitales de los años 70 y 80". La Jornada. p. 11. Consulted October 21, 2016.
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