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Originally a rural form of the llanos , or plains, llanera spread to musically creative artists like Juan-Vicente Torrealba , who helped popularize the music across the country, leading to a slick modern form of pop-llanera that has earned scorn from purists and much of the younger Venezuelan listeners, who perceive it as stale and watered-down. Some singers, like Simon Díaz and Reynaldo Armas have maintained a huge following over the years.
Other forms of Venezuelan folk music have achieved little or no popular acclaim, but are extensively recorded and researched due to the work of Caracas-based Fundación Bigott . African-derived percussion (including multiple rhythms, such as gaita, sangeo , fulia and parranda ) is perhaps the most well-documented subject, and has produced groups like Un Solo Pueblo , Huracán del Fuego and Grupo Madera . This vanguard fusion artists combine rumba, Latin jazz, llanera , salsa and other forms of music from Latin America.
Venezuelan calypso music, imported from Trinidad in the 1880s by immigrants arriving during a gold rushFor the Neil Young album evoking this phrase, see After the Gold Rush. A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. Gold rushes became a feature of 19th-century culture., has its own distinctive rhythms and lyrical style. Spelled calipso in Venezuela, the music has had major stars, including most famously VH . Another imported genre is CubaAlternate meanings: see Cuba (disambiguation The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean, in between the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west Mn- AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in salsa music, which has several domestic superstars, including José-Luis Rodriguez . DominicanRepublica Dominicana ( In Detail) National motto: Dios, patria, libertad (God, Country, Liberty Official language Spanish Capital Santo Domingo President Leonel Fernandez Area Total % water Ranked 138th 48,730 km² 1,6% Population Total ( 2002) Density Ran merengue and Latin pop acts (sometimes insultingly referred to as musica gallega ) like Billo's Caracas Boys , Pofri Jimenez Orquesta and Los Melodicos .
Other famous musicians include Edgar OjedaEdgar Ojeda is a famous Venezuelan musician who works with children. Ojeda, Edgar Ojeda, Edgar., Adrenalina Caribe , and Cheo Hurtado .