Música cebolla (Spanish for "onion music") is a genre of Chilean 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 to Nueva ola, [2] the early Nueva Canción and the introduction of Cumbia to Chile. [3]
For a long time música cebolla was derided, ridiculed or ignored by mass media. [3]
Among older generations Palmenia Pizarro is an icon of música cebolla albeit she rejects the label. Palmenia has influenced contemporary música cebolla artist like Mon Laferte [4] [5] [6] and Los Vásquez. [7]