Música cebolla
Genre of Chilean music
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Música cebolla (Spanish for "onion music") is a genre of Chilean music emphasising sentimentality and intimacy.[1] Indeed, at times the feelings expressed in música cebolla are "exacerbated".[1] Música cebolla had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s,[1] and was thus contemporary to Nueva ola,[2] the early Nueva Canción and the introduction of Cumbia to Chile.[3]
| Music of Chile: Topics | |
|---|---|
| Chilean jazz | Chilean academic music |
| Chilean nueva ola | Chilean rock |
| Chilean punk | Chilean heavy metal |
| Contemporary pop | Chilean folk music |
| Fusión latinoamericana | Nueva Canción Chilena |
| Chilean cumbia | New chilean cumbia |
| Cueca | Payada |
| Mapuche music | Andean music |
| History | |
| Festivals | Viña del Mar |
| National anthem | "Himno Nacional" |
| South American music | |
| Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Colombia - Ecuador - Paraguay - Peru - Uruguay - Venezuela | |
For a long time música cebolla was derided, ridiculed or ignored by mass media.[3]
Among older generations Palmenia Pizarro is an icon of música cebolla albeit she rejects the label. Palmenia has influenced contemporary música cebolla artist like Mon Laferte[4][5][6] and Los Vásquez.[7]