Music of Argentina

Internationally, Argentina is known mostly for the tango, which developed in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay. Folk, pop and classical music are also popular, and Argentine artists like Mercedes Sosa and Atahualpa Yupanqui contributed greatly to the development of nueva canción. Argentine rock has also led to a defiant rock scene in Argentina.

Argentine rock

Main article: Argentine rock

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Argentine rock, or Rock Nacional, is a distinctive form of Argentine rock and roll. It is said to have begun in about 1965, when a Beatlesque group called Los Shakers, from Uruguay, arrived in Argentina. At the time, popular music was a style called ritmo latino, a mainstream pop genre. Los Shakers brought a hard-edged form of rock to the country, and musicians like Litto Nebbia of Los Gatos began recording their own kind of rock. Los Gatos' La Balsa, released early in their year, established the distinctive sound of Argentine rock.

Related Topics:
Rock and roll - 1965 - Beatlesque - Los Shakers - Uruguay - Ritmo latino - Litto Nebbia - Los Gatos

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Some of the most popular argentinian rock musiciansare Charly García, Luis Alberto Spinetta and Fito Páez.

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Charly García - Luis Alberto Spinetta - Fito Páez

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