Malpaís (group)

Malpaís
Background information
Origin	San José, Costa Rica
Genres	World music
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Papaya
Website	grupomalpais.com
Members
Fidel Gamboa Jaime Gamboa Iván Rodríguez Gilberto Jarquín Manuel Obregón Carlos "Tapado" Vargas

Malpaís is a band from Costa Rica. The music of Malpaís is part of the Costa Rica—contemporary compositions work, called by the band "Costarican new song", The musicians are trying to relate the concept to the early folk and protest folk tradition of Latin America, mixing musical structures of regional and local folk genres such as calypso and tambito with easy-listening jazz (breaks and progressions) and romantic lyrics inspired in Latin American songwriters in order to be perceived as if they are build on the solid tradition of their musical roots.^{[citation needed]} The group takes its name from the most remote, jungle-cradled beach on the north-Pacific Nicoya Peninsula—the beach at road’s end.

Members

Current members

• Jaime Gamboa — Bass, backing vocalist
• Iván Rodríguez — Violin, mandolin, backing vocalist
• Gilberto Jarquín — Drums
• Manuel Obregón — Piano, keyboard, marimba, caracol, backing vocalist and current Costarican Minister of Culture (2010–2014, under the administration of Laura Chinchilla, elected president of the ruling party).
• Carlos "Tapado" Vargas — Drums, percussion

Former members

• Patricio "Pato" Barraza
• Bernardo Quesada
• Fidel Gamboa (Deceased 28/august/2011)

Malpais Band in Costa Rica

Discography

Albums

• Uno (January 2003)
• Historias de Nadie (2004)
• En Vivo (December 2006)
• Un Día Lejano (2009)

External links

• Official website