Music

• mostly for the Tango, which developed in Buenos Aires .

• Rock and pop are especially common in key cities but recent years have also seen a big wave of electro dj's
• Argentine rock bands emerging in the mid 1960's influenced principally by British rock.

nueva canción

• Argentine artists like Mercedes Sosa and Atahualpa Yupanqui contributed greatly to the
development of the nueva canción.
• Canción artists became socially important during due to its lyrics which deal with political issues
during harsh dictatorship during 1971’s
Folk Music
• Still Prominent in population of the Andes.
• identifiable by the soft sound of wind, percussion and string instruments
• Today this traditional folk music can be found in northwestern regions of the country. where the
largest concentration of indigenous inhabitants live.

Cumbia
• popular music form Columbia
• Uses the mellow sounds of percussion instruments and woodwind.
• Become popular in 1900’s principally with the lower, or working classes.
• lyrics tend to deal with drugs, robbery and other taboo topics therefore somewhat
disregarded by the Argentine upper classes.
TANGO

• Tango is the most famous musical genre and dance style to come out of Argentina.

• Today, Tango in Argentina has become a diverse and eclectic mixture of modern trends and
contemporary development.

• Tango Rock - violins and double bass to add more depth to the sound of the Tango.