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Facundo Cabral
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Argentine singer and songwriter (1937–2011)
Key facts
- Also known as
- El Indio Gasparino
- Born
- Rodolfo Enrique Cabral Camiñas , ( 1937-05-22 ) May 22, 1937, La Plata , Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Died
- July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09) (aged 74), Guatemala City , Guatemala
- Genres
- Troubadour , folklore , folk rock , protest
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter, poet
- Instruments
- Vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Years active
- 1959–2011
- Label
- RCA Victor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Facundo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- La Plata
- Place of death
- Guatemala City
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- ballad
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Sony Music
- Official website
- fundacionfacundocabral.org
- Image
- Facundo Cabral.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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Encyclopedic overview
Signature of Facundo Cabral Facundo Cabral (born Rodolfo Enrique Cabral Camiñas; May 22, 1937 – July 9, 2011) was an Argentine singer-songwriter.
He was best known as the composer of "No soy de aquí, ni soy de allá" ("I'm not from here nor from there"), "Pobrecito mi Patrón" ("My Poor Boss"), and many other compositions. His songs have been covered by multiple Spanish language performers such as Jorge Cafrune, Alberto Cortez, Juan Luis Guerra, and Joan Manuel Serrat. Cabral protested military dictatorships in Latin America through activism and art from the 1970s onward, and his music combined mysticism and spirituality with calls for social justice and equality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Facundo Cabral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.