Artists like Mercedes Sosa

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.

Sui Generis was an influential folk-rock band from Argentina formed by musicians Charly García and Nito Mestre. Active during the first half of the 1970s, the band's success earned it a lasting following throughout South America.

Serú Girán was an Argentine rock supergroup. Formed in 1978, the group consisted of Charly García, David Lebón, Oscar Moro, and Pedro Aznar. Prior to this, the three first were already consecrated musicians through their previous bands. It is considered one of the best in the history of rock en español, both musically and conceptually, including the staging.

Bersuit Vergarabat is an Argentine rock band that formed formally in 1987.

Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, also known simply as Patricio Rey, Los Redondos or Los Redonditos de Ricota, was a rock band formed in La Plata, Argentina. The group was active from the mid 1970s up to the early 2000s. They are known for shaping Argentine rock and their enormous fan base.

Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock movement in Argentina in the late 1990s.

Kevin Johansen is an American-born Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for mixing several rhythms and languages in his musical work.

Almafuerte was a heavy metal band from Argentina, formed by bassist and lead singer Ricardo Iorio in 1995, after the dissolution of Hermética.

Sonia Bazanta Vides, better known as Totó la Momposina, was a Colombian singer of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous descent. She reached international attention with the release of her 1993 album La Candela Viva on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label. Totó accompanied Gabriel García Márquez to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 as part of a Colombian cultural delegation performing during the award ceremony.