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Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Mercedes Sosa, Los Tres, Gepe, Javiera Mena and Pettinellis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Arja Saijonmaa, Café Tacvba, Silvana Estrada, Yasmin Levy and Francisca Valenzuela, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Violeta Parra and forward to Arja Saijonmaa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile.

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Violeta ParraArja SaijonmaaCafé TacvbaSilvana EstradaYasmin LevyFrancisca ValenzuelaVictor JaraMercedes SosaElis ReginaMercedes SosaLos TresGepeJaviera MenaPettinellisFrancisca ValenzuelaJoe VasconcellosJorge González

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Violeta Parra connections

Violeta Parra shares an orbit with Mercedes Sosa, Los Tres, Gepe and Javiera Mena, went on to shape Arja Saijonmaa, Café Tacvba, Silvana Estrada and Yasmin Levy. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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