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Diomedes Díaz Maestre [1] (26 May 1957 – 22 December 2013 [3]) was a Colombian vallenato singer, songwriter, and composer.He has been named the "King of Vallenato" [2] and is nicknamed El Cacique de La Junta (The Chieftain of La Junta), which was given to him by another vallenato singer, Rafael Orozco Maestre, in honor of Díaz's birthplace.
Grupo Niche. This is a list of some of the best-selling albums in Colombia. Colombia is one of the largest music markets in Latin America.The majority of the albums are from local artists; various artists such as Carlos Vives, Diomedes Díaz, Juancho Rois, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Juanes and Shakira appear more than once in the list.
The piqueria vallenata is a type of typical musical showdown Colombian Caribbean folklore and Vallenato. As in the contrapunteo Joropo burrowing, or trova paisa within the music, litigants demonstrate their improvisational skills in building verses that challenge their opponent. This type of musical confrontation arose as a result of chance ...
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. [1]
Martín Elías Díaz Acosta (June 18, 1990 – April 14, 2017), [1] better known as Martín Elías, was a Colombian vallenato singer and entrepreneur, son of the singer and composer Diomedes Díaz. He was considered a pioneer of the 'new wave' of vallenato music. [2]
Its origin dates back to 1968 when the celebrated vallenato composer Rafael Escalona, the then governor of the Cesar Department and former president of the republic of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and the writer, journalist and former Minister of Culture Consuelo Araújo, came up with the idea of organizing a festival that celebrated vallenato, a musical genre native to Colombia’s ...
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