Rosendo Arias y Su Conjunto

Rosendo Arias (Domingo Raúl Palacio), singer, author, composer. In 1968 he sings in Cosquín with a conscript uniform and is “Revelation”. Rosendo Arias was born in General Deheza, Córdoba. At the age of 15 he joined the group Los 5 Dehezinos with which he recorded the country for about four years. Then he started as a soloist and was Revelación Cosquín in 1968, recording as soloist 3 albums titled "El personal" "Para los dos" and "Coplas del valle". Rosendo Arias - The staff ... Morocho, twenty-something, soldier of the homeland .... .and singer. This is the nice and simple execution of Rosendo Arias. Here we present it on his first album, which certainly does not seem like the premiere of a fledgling performer, but rather the culmination of a renowned artist. The fourteen bands that this plate contains show a mighty folkloric repertoire: the zambas alternate with the taquiraris, the serenade with the cat, the air of bailecito with the chaya, the song with the vidala. . Radio, television, theaters and clubs know of Rosendo Arias' successful performance, spreading tours that have brought him flattering applause from different audiences. But there is something in his career, a marked milestone, that distinguishes him mainly to the general consideration of all lovers of Argentine folklore: his intervention in the VIII National Folklore Festival, in Cosquín, held in January 1968. The conscript Rosendo Arias He arrived with his baggage of songs and hopes to the route of the Punilla Valley, in the caressing mountain summer. He saw around him the movement of the caravans of people who, using all kinds of vehicles, were attracted by the promise of the large spectacle that covers a week full of emotional encounters with delicious native folk art. The Plaza Próspero Molina, in Cosquín, was preparing to renew the unforgettable days of previous years, with the influx of crowds that add auditoriums that are difficult to match. Rosendo Arias belonged, on the eve of the event, to the group of modest artists who, trusting in their abilities, are eager to show them on the wide surface of the stage set up in the Plaza de Cosquineña, among the aesthetic metallic decorations. He debuted when the event was animated by the which has come to be called "the spirit of Cosquín", and which, according to some observing chronicler, can be translated as "a public festival but with familiar characteristics". There everyone, without distinction of categories and without knowing each other, join in a friendly bond. . . and in the warm night, a sky full of stars bathed, on the brink of the songbook, the dances and the tasty tales of our land, Rosendo Arias raised his graceful voice in the "Zamba de los yuyos" -which leads the selection of this album - and immediately obtained the unwavering accession of the audience. The immense home that Cosquín became during his annual folklore tournaments, sheltered the youthful Rosendo as one of the favorite sons, and in that eighth Festival described him as "revelation 1968". In this capacity he is an artist on the television screen of the "Circular Saturdays". With the same outstanding sign - making merit in his personal style, typical of the race artist - the ODEON label incorporates it to the unlimited diffusion of phonography.