Yesterday, July 25, was the 453rd anniversary of the founding of the city of Caracas, the city where I was born, where I live and the cradle of gunboat music. And it was precisely for an anniversary like

In the research I have done on the joropo in Caracas, I have come to the conclusion - supported by the researchers of the joropo - that what we know today as Joropo Central, Golpe Mirandino or Golpe Tuyero,

Although horse-drawn carriages disappeared in Caracas with the arrival of the 20th century, there was one character who became famous, as he continued to offer his transport service with this type of vehicle

Conny Méndez was a controversial woman, as she broke with countless paradigms that existed for women in early 20th century Caracas. Besides being a complete artist, as an actress, singer, composer, cartoonist

In the original project of the album "Esta es Caracas" it was planned to include only one composition of mine. Precisely the one that gave it the title. And that song was recorded as a single

Without a doubt, this is the most representative waltz of the city of Caracas. It is the description of the caraqueña woman (made in the years of 1920 or 1930) written by one of the most important writers

I have always been lucky, that the songs that I like and that I want to integrate into the repertoire of Los Cañoneros, I do so immediately. However, with this song, for some strange reason, I had to wait

In the search for songs dedicated to Caracas, for the album we wanted to make in tribute to the capital of Venezuela, we found this joropo (with a variation called "Guacharaca"), by an author

The fourth song on the B side of the album was published a year ago at So we get to the penultimate song of this album. This track is very damaged, with scratches and jumps, but I include it because it

The first song on the B side of this album was published in a previous post ( so we go with the following . It is a merengue that I composed and in which I wanted to combine a more modern sound also with

The joropo is the most representative musical form of Venezuela. He was born in the central region and from there he spread throughout the national territory until he even arrived in Colombia. in the area

As I had promised, I'm posting the complete discography of Los Cañoneros. This time it is the turn of a song that is not a cañonera song itself. With a view to a serie of shows that we were going to do

Of the rhythms associated with gun music, the pasodoble is the one that is least recognized, as there is much ignorance regarding its character of Venezuelan rhythm. However, it is closely linked to many

As I have mentioned in the posts I have made about cañonera music, the repertoire that arrived in Caracas from anywhere in the world sowed the foundations for the birth of an authentic, original and urban

In 1986 Los Cañoneros signed a contract with the record label Top Hits and for the first time we worked with a producer who shared our vision about gunboat music. It is in this album where the concept

When we started with the group in 1982, practically nobody played that musical genre and, of course, nobody composed songs in that style. But once the group began to become popular, composers began to

As I explained in my post about the musical genres of Caracas ( cañonera music consists of four musical rhythms. However, the musicians who played this music at the beginning of the 20th century also played

The term "pegaíto" refers to dancing very close to each other and it comes in a very soft song, compared to most songs of this musical genre. But its melody has so much cadence that invites a

This is one of my compositions and it is one of the songs that has given me the most satisfaction. In this beautiful pasodoble I tell what was the tango fever in the 30s in Venezuela. This song was the

The Caracas pasodoble became so popular that even the most prominent poets and musicians used them to express themselves. This song is one of the most representative of that musical genre, for being the