The festival will show part of the important current Córdoba popular music scene with performances by José Luis Aguirre, Mery Murúa, Paola Bernal, Vivi Pozzebón, Juan Iñaki and Jenny Náger. It takes place on Saturday at 8pm in La Tangente.
“The collection on the platforms is low for musicians, who make a living from giving classes or recitals,” says Javier Tenenbaum, director of the Los Años Luz label, which presents the Los Años Luz Córdoba Festival this Saturday. The event will show part of the important current Córdoba popular music scene: José Luis Aguirre, Mery Murúa, Paola Bernal, Vivi Pozzebón, Juan Iñaki and Jenny Náger. On Saturday at 8 p.m. in La Tangente, Honduras 5317. These young artists have a profuse career with strong folkloric, territorial and identity roots.
Tenenbaumdirector of Los Años Luz and the festival, evoked the genesis of the project: “Our record label has been in business for 25 years and about five years ago all of the music from Jose Luis Aguirrewhen he was about to release his album “Chuncano” (2020 Gardel Award for Best Folklore Artist Album), and we incorporated it into the label’s catalog.
Almost at the same time it arrived Vivi Pozzebón with “Tamboreras por el mundo Vol I” (2023 Gardel Award for Best Instrumental Album / Fusion / World Music) and Paola Bernal (2023 Gardel Award for Best Folklore Artist Album) with his brand new “Agua de flores”. In that way and without intending to, we were already founding Los Años Luz Córdoba. Then they came Mery Murúa (2024 Gardel Award for Best Folklore Song), his son Juan Murúa, Juan Iñaki and Jenny Nager. “All of them are part of a scene in their land, of interactions and collaborations.” We talk with Tenenbaum.
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Journalist: What is the sound of the new generations of artists dedicated to music with folk roots?
Javier Tenenbaum: Tradition can turn in different ways, it is something dynamic. This Córdoba scene takes tradition and history giving way to new sounds. That tradition is reflected in what Rodolfo Avalos, Cuchi Leguizamón, Juan Falú was and is expressed in this movement. It is impossible to define sound, they are influenced by new tools and technologies.
Q: How does a record label sustain itself today?
JT: This is a concrete collection that offers a look at the scene. The label is supported as best it can, with the tools that the market imposes, we are not necessarily comfortable but it is what it is. There is a diversified economic base and platforms are the center of the music industry. The point is how to expand that audience, and that is the objective of this festival, to publicize a scene that happens in Córdoba in order to bring it closer to an audience that may not know it.
Q: How do you see music on platforms for the artist as a content generator?
JT: I don’t love what is happening but I think it is a transition, there is a very strong paradigmatic change in the consumption of music and phonograms, which is recorded music. There is a drop in sound quality due to the lack of physical format but a way is being sought, I still don’t see it clearly.
Q: How do musicians live today when there are no record sales?
JT: The platforms in this type of music are not useful on an economic level. The collections through the platforms are low and the musicians make a living from teaching among many other things, including recitals.
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