Música cebolla explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Música cebolla. MusicaPopular.cl. December 29, 2019.
2. http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?action=R2VuZXJvREU=&var=MTg= Nueva ola
3. Web site: Tropical. MusicaPopular.cl. 11 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110603102156/http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?action=R2VuZXJvREU=&var=MTc=. 3 June 2011.
4. News: Mon Laferte evita polémica festivalera y canta en la conferencia de prensa previa a su show . Mon Laferte Avoids Festival Controversy and Sings at the Press Conference Prior to Her Show . . es . 24 February 2017 . 31 May 2018.
5. Web site: Los 7 discos que más le llegaron en su vida a Mon Laferte . The 7 Albums That Most Got to Mon Laferte in His Life . Loud . es . 15 July 2016 . 31 May 2018.
6. News: November 12, 2018 . Mon Laferte: "Hacer 'música cebolla' es como mi revancha" . BBC News Mundo . es .
7. News: Los Vásquez: los héroes de la conquista . Los Vásquez: The Heroes of the Conquest . Marcelo . Contreras . La Tercera Voces . 7 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171230061847/http://www.latercera.com/voces/los-vasquez-los-heroes-de-la-conquista/ . 30 December 2017 . dead . 31 May 2018.