Violeta Parra - Gracias a la vida


Violeta Parra
Song Name: Gracias a la vida
By: Violeta Parra
Country: Chile
Song Local Name: Not available
Album: Gracias a la vida
Link to buy: iTunes
Genre: folk music of Chile , Chilean folk music , traditional music of Chile , charango
Date Added: 06 Mar 2017
Rocio Alvarez
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Gracias a la vida by Violeta Parra is part of folk music tradition in/by Chile. Folk Music of Chile is traditionally brother to some other region(s) in the world. If you want to listen to song(s) in the same genre or with the same root with Gracias a la vida (or folk music of Chile), other than checking Chile you can also check music of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. From the top menu, first choose the desired region and then find the link from the map or country list.

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the "Chilean' New Song", the Nueva canción chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music which would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile, becoming acknowledged as "The Mother of Latin American folk". (wikipedia)

Song: Gracias a la vida
Artist: Violeta Parra
Album: Gracias a la vida

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