Música cebolla (Spanish for "onion music") is a genre ofChilean music emphasising sentimentality and intimacy.[1] Indeed, at times the feelings expressed in música cebolla are "exacerbated".[1] Música cebolla had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s,[1] and was thus contemporary toNueva ola,[2] the earlyNueva Canción and the introduction ofCumbia to Chile.[3]
For a long time música cebolla was derided, ridiculed or ignored by mass media.[3]
Among older generationsPalmenia Pizarro is an icon of música cebolla albeit she rejects the label. Palmenia has influenced contemporary música cebolla artist likeMon Laferte[4][5][6] andLos Vásquez.[7]