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Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
American singer-songwriter
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Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades
Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician
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Ernesto Lecuona
Ernesto Lecuona
Cuban composer (1896-1963)
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Silvio Rodríguez
Silvio Rodríguez
Cuban recording artist; musician, singer-songwriter
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Rocío Dúrcal
Rocío Dúrcal
Spanish singer and actress
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Martina Stoesel
Martina Stoesel
Argentine actress, singer and dancer
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Xiomara Laugart
Xiomara Laugart
Cuban singer
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Jorge Blanco
Jorge Blanco
Mexican musician
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
ensemble of Cuban musicians
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Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz
Cuban singer (1925-2003)
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Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
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Lali Espósito
Lali Espósito
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Il Divo
Il Divo
multinational classical crossover vocal group
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Edurne
Edurne
Spanish singer-actress
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Agustín Lara
Agustín Lara
Mexican composer and interpreter of songs and boleros
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Emilio Estefan
Emilio Estefan
Cuban-American musician, producer, actor, entrepreneur
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Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives
Colombian singer
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Judith Hill
Judith Hill
American singer
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara
American recording artist; singer and actress
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Belinda Peregrín
Belinda Peregrín
Spanish-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
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Holly Williams
Holly Williams
American singer-songwriter
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Maluma
Maluma
Colombian singer
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Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Spanish singer
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Trio Matamoros
Trio Matamoros
band
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Lila Downs
Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter
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Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade
Mexican recording artist; singer
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Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos
Brazilian recording artist; singer, songwriter
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Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa
Argentine singer
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Gaby Moreno
Gaby Moreno
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt
Canadian musician and composer
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Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen
French composer
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Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist
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Ñico Saquito
Ñico Saquito
Cuban trova songwriter, guitarist and singer
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Abraham Mateo
Abraham Mateo
Spanish singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, motochorro profesional
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Craig Doerge
Craig Doerge
American musician
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Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz
Spanish singer-songwriter and musician
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Edie Brickell
Edie Brickell
American singer
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Juanes
Juanes
Colombian musician and singer
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Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins
American musician
Carlos Varela
Cuban singer-songwriter

Carlos Varela

Intro
Cuban singer-songwriter
Awards Received
Premios Ondas

Carlos Victoriano Varela Cerezo (born April 11, 1963) is a singer-songwriter of nueva trova from Havana, Cuba. In the 1980s, he joined the Nueva Trova musical movement, a political and poetic musical genre.

Silvio Rodríguez, one of the most famous persons in the world nueva trova founders, "discovered" him and helped the "nomo" [Gnome] (nickname coming from the way he dresses) taking him on a tour to Spain. His first CD "Jalisco Park" was published in Spain. Nowadays Varela's music is known for its open criticism of the status quo, though it is still considered Nueva Trova, which itself began as a reaction to the unjust conditions that led to the Revolution.

The singer-songwriter Jackson Browne translated Carlos Varela's song "Walls and Doors" into English for Browne's 2014 Standing In The Breach recording and tour. Varela's song "Una palabra" was used in the soundtrack of the film Powder Keg (2001) directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu starring Clive Owen, and again in the film Man on Fire in 2004 starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. He has integrated his music into the soundtracks of several Cuban films as well, such as Las profecias de Amanda and Video de familia among others.