Gabino Palomares Gómez (born May 26, 1950.

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, México) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and a social and political activist. He is one of the main exponents of the

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movement in Latin America, and one of the founders of the

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movement in Mexico, alongside

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, and the group Los Folkloristas. He is the author of "La maldición de Malinche" ( Malinche's Curse, 1978), one of the most prominent songs of the movement, and of more than a hundred songs covering social, political, and love themes.

Biography

Gabino Palomares Gómez was born in

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and studied chemistry at the

Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ow ...

. His first show, ''Poems and Songs'', premiered at the University's Song Festivals of 1972 with great success. In 1975, he moved to Mexico City where he started singing in bars, "peñas", universities, unprivileged neighborhoods, public squares, unions' headquarters, and small theaters. Two venues were noteworthy: "El meson de la guitarra" and "La peña Tecuicanime." Here, he met

and Salvador "Chava" Flores, with whom he began a life-long friendship.

performed and recorded several of his songs, among them "La Maldición de Malinche" (Malinche's Curse, 1978) and "Quién tiene la voz?" (Who owns the voice?, 1984). In the same way, throughout his career Gabino Palomares performed and recorded many of Salvador "Chava" Flores' songs. Some of them are part of the album ''Gabino Palomares interpreta a Chava Flores'' (''Gabio Palomares Sings the Songs of Chava Flores'', 2010). At the end of the 1970s, Gabino Palomares started to be recognized as one of the main exponents of both Mexican

and the Latin American

(new song). In 1978, he recorded his first album '' La Maldición de Malinche'' (Malinche's Curse) that includes some of his most emblematic songs, among them: "A la patria" (To the Homeland, 1978), " La Maldición de Malinche" (Malinche's Curse, 1978), "La letanía de los poderosos" (The Powerful's Litany, 1978). According to musicologist Jan Fairley, "La maldición de Malinche" is "surely one of the most important songs of the Americas". Also in 1978, Gabino Palomares contributed as composer, singer, and actor in Felipe Santander's celebrated piece "

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" (The extensionist, 1978). From this experience appeared, in 1985, his album ''El extensionista'' (''The Extensionist'', 1985). In 1980, Gabino Palomares recorded his second studio album ''Fabricando la luz'' (''Manufacturing the Light'', 1980). In recognition of both his work as singer-songwriter and social activist, Gabino Palomares was elected in 1982, in Cuba, General Secretary of the International Committee of the New Song, a position he held until 1988. From 1980 on, Gabino Palomares' career thrives as he performs in several tours and festivals in Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Germany, U.S., Canada, Ecuador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Peru and Costa Rica. In Mexico, he performed at important venues such as

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, Auditorio Nacional,

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and

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, and toured the country extensively. Between 1984 and 1989, he recorded the albums: ''Hace como un año'' (''About a Year Ago'', 1984), ''No te creo nada'' (''I don't Believe You at All'', 1987) y ''¿Qué vamos a hacer?'' (''What Are We Going to Do?'', 1989). In 1991, he launched ''Canciones contra la Guerra'' (''Songs Against the War'', 1991) in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. After almost a decade without releasing a record —which didn't stop him from performing and continuing his social activism—, he launched in the year 2000 the album ''Historia cotidiana'' (''An Everyday Story'', 2000). The record includes a song dedicated to the

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: "Espejos de mi alma" (Mirrors of my soul, 2000) and a personal homage to singer and friend

: "Hermosísimo lucero" ("Beautiful Bright Star"). Throughout his career, Gabino Palomares has shared stage with some of the great exponents of the Latin American

movement, among them:

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, Pedro Luís Ferrer and

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. On August 3, 2012, Gabino Palomares celebrated his 40-year career with a concert/homage organized by Mexico City's Government at the

. On September 30, 2013, he performed at the prestigious Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional in the concert ''40 años, Los mismos sueños'' (''40 Years, The Same Dreams'') alongside the groups

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, Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, and Uruguayan singer-songwriter

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Discography

*La maldición de Malinche, Discos Pueblo, México, 1978, LP. *Fabricando la luz, Discos Pueblo, México, 1980, LP. *Hace como un año, Discos Pueblo, México, 1984, LP. *El extensionista, Discos Plan Joven del CREA, México, 1985, LP. *No te creo nada,

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, México, 1987, LP. *¿Qué vamos a hacer?,

, México, 1989, LP. *Septiembre: Canciones contra la guerra, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 1991, LP. *Antología 1, Discos Pueblo, México, 1997, LP. *Antología 2, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 1997, LP. *Historia cotidiana, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2000, LP. *Salimos, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2006, LP. *México a través de su canto, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2010, LP. *Gabino Palomares interpreta a Chava Flores, Ediciones Pentagrama, México, 2010, LP.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palomares, Gabino 1950 births Living people Mexican male singer-songwriters Anti-racism activists Nueva canción musicians Latin music songwriters Activists for Hispanic and Latino American civil rights Latin American folk singers Anti-fascists 20th-century Mexican male singers Singers from Guanajuato People from Comonfort