CHARCO, songs of the Rio de la Plata

Moved by the certainty that some music genres, such as the Milonga, are universal, Pablo Dacal, both a musician and a researcher, sets out on a voyage upstream in search for the origins of the popular music of the Rio de la Plata, plunging into the waters of the 21st century melodies and the anonymous music of the persecuted gaucho folksinger, exploring every branch of this river: from rock ‘n roll and psychedelia to cumbia, candombe, murga, tango and folk music, experiencing the noisy city and itsdocks as well as the ever silent farmland, blending its own generation with the almost patriarchal influences of Atahualpa Yupanqui and Osiris Rodríguez Castillo. At the end of this journey, which serves as a powerful retrospective on the origins of our music, one of the foundational scenes of the rioplatense music takes place: a payada (music improvisation duel) between two residents from opposite banks of the river.