flordearomo's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=flordearomo2012-02-04T22:46:57Zfolk music (thing)http://everything2.com/user/flordearomo/writeups/folk+musicflordearomohttp://everything2.com/user/flordearomo2012-02-04T22:46:57Z2012-02-04T22:46:57Z<p><a href="/title/Folk">Folk</a> <a href="/title/music">music</a> in <a href="/title/Chile">Chile</a> has long <a href="/title/tradition">tradition</a>; however, has also been object of long neglect by Chileans. Among other reasons, <a href="/title/pop">pop</a> and <a href="/title/rock">rock</a> have absorbed audiences who support these streams fervently, leaving Chilean "folklore" relegated to a second place. However, an interesting <a href="/title/phenomenon">phenomenon</a> started about 20 years ago, when some <a href="/title/rock">rock</a> and <a href="/title/alternative">alternative</a> bands began to realize that <a href="/title/folk">folk</a> <a href="/title/music">music</a>, particularly the blend of traditional <a href="/title/country">country</a> and <a href="/title/urban">urban</a> folk, offer rich diversity in rhythms, themes, and instrumental performance that could be adopted and interpreted through rock <a href="/title/music">music</a>. This process of <a href="/title/folk">folk</a> <a href="/title/music">music</a> recognition favored the emergence of new musicians who are creating a revival and new interpretation of <a href="/title/folk">folk</a> that, on the one hand makes <a href="/title/folk">folk</a> <a href="/title/rhythm">rhythm</a> more available to general <a href="/title/public">public</a>, and on the other hand recognizes the enormous <a href="/title/heritage">heritage</a> of <a href="/title/Chilean">Chilean</a> <a href="/title/traditional">traditional</a> <a href="/title/country">country</a> and <a href="/title/urban">urban</a> <a href="/title/folk">folk</a>.</p>
<p>An undisputed star of <a href="/title/Chilean">Chilean</a> <a href="/title/folk">folk</a> <a href="/title/music">music</a> is <a href="/title/Violeta+Parra">Violeta Parra</a>; an<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…