GepeIn the process of digging for songs and trying to sort out what I needed to play, I learned a lot about folk sounds from all the countries that the Andes inhabits. From Chile’s to early to pan flute sounds from Bolivia and Ecuador, there is truly too much to share in an hour long program. Especially given that the last part of the hour features newer artists who you can tell were influenced by these roots—from Argentina’s Chancha Via Circuito, to Bolivia’s Luzmila Carpio, and Ecuadorians Nicola Cruz, Matanza and of course, Gepe. This weekend I took a trip up into the Andes with this playlistI must admit that folk music hasn’t usually been a specialty of mine.
Maybe I’m mellowing in my old age, taking more travel experiences in South America or perhaps it’s simply that the undercurrent of many South American folk sounds still echoes in some of the newest, hippest sounds emanating from the continent—but I’m really beginning to dig this stuff.I was inspired to put this together by Chilean pop-crooner, whose new album “” dropped late last year and draws inspiration from one of his country’s most respected focloristas, Margot Loyola Palacios. I played a couple of tunes from that project and then started ruminating about music that might work with that vibe.
Chilean pop’s resident mad scientist, released his new album Folclor Imaginario early Friday, honoring the late Chilean singer-songwriter Margot Loyola Palacios on the eve of what would have been her 100th birthday. For the album, Gepe recruited his fellow countrymen — Miguel Molina, Claudio Constanzo and Claudia Mena — to cook up a genre-spanning compilation of original songs and covers sourced from Palacios’ vibrant catalog.“The album started as an idea that Pablo Flores and I had 18 years ago,” Gepe told Rolling Stone via email. “We invited underground bands from Santiago to concerts we called ‘Folclor Imaginario,’ and these bands would play folk songs in an intuitive and innovative way.
Among the bands that were invited were Alcayota, El Indio, Taller Dejao, Papa Frita and Javiera Mena.”. “Joane” is the last song on the album, inspired by Joanne Frolbi. She was a Haitian woman that died last year in a confusing situation in jail due to a misunderstanding and the Chilean government’s lack of will to help foreign people.
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It shows the cultural clash and difficulties that immigrants have to adapt to a country like Chile and other countries in the world. Things such as war, lack of work and material things, difficulty to survive can lead a person to move to another country. In Chile, the most vulnerable ones have been the Haitians, and this is one of the most representative cases of this issue.Folclor Imaginario is now available for streaming via,.