Margarito Gutiérrez
Mexico, Mariachi
Lydia Mendoza
The Queen of Tejano music
Felix Perez Cardozo
Paraguyan harpist, composed Tren lechero
Juanes
Columbian contemporary popular artist (won Latin Grammy 3 times), “A Dios Le Pido”
Olodum
NE Brazil Black Revival, Bloco Afro (1979), samba reggae
Getulio Vargas
Brazilian Dictator 1930-54 (bad)
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Brazil, Bossa Nova
Caetano Veloso
Brazil, tropicalia
Violeta Parra
Chile, “Nueva Cancion”
Silvio Rodriguez
Cuba, “Nueva Trova”
Jose Gutierrez
Mexico, Son Jarocho
Selena Quintanilla
The Queen of Tejano music
Cesar Cataldo
Paraguyan harpist
Juscelino Kubitschek
Brazil, president after Vargas, built Brasilia
Vinicius de Moraes
Brazil, Bossa Nova, composer and poet
Os mutantes
“The Mutants”, Brazil Tropicalia
Quilapayun
Chile, “Nueva Cancion”
Carmen Miranda
Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and later a symbol of Brazil in American culture
Mercedes Sosa
Argentina, “Nueva Cancion”
Los munequitos de Matanzas
Cuban Rumba group
Shakira
Columbian singer-songwriter, popular in both folk and pop settings
Joao Gilberto
Brazilian father of bossa nova
Gilberto Gil
Brazilian leader of tropicalia
Los Costenos
Mexico, Musica Jarocha of Veracruz
Carlos Vives
Columbian contemporary popular artist (won Latin Grammy 3 times), “La gota fria”
Hermano Vianna
Brazil, author of “The Mystery of Samba”
Victor Jara
Chile, “Nueva Cancion”
Pablo Milanes
Cuba, “Nueva Trova”
Inti-Illimani
Chile, “Nueva Cancion”
Ile Aiye
NE Brazil, bloc afro samba group, Bahian carnaval