- Los Kjarkas
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Name = Los Kjarkas
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =Bolivia
Genre = Andean Folk
Years_active =1965 – present
Label = Lauro, Discolandia, ANS Records, Heriba,Tumi Music
Associated_acts = Grupo Fortaleza, Pacha
URL = [http://www.loskjarkas.com.bo Official Site]
Current_members = Gonzalo Hermosa González
Elmer Hermosa González
Gastón Guardia Bilboa
Makoto Shishido
Lin Angulo
Gonzalo Hermosa González Jr.
Past_members = Ramiro de la Zerda
Ulises Hermosa González
Eduardo Yáñez Loayza
Rolando Malpartida Porcel
José Luis Morales RodríguezLos Kjarkas is a
Bolivia n band, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's recent history. Their most popular song, "Llorando se Fue", with some of its basic melodies and harmonies being based on Bolivian popular music of public domain, was licenced by French producers, Jean Karakos and Olivier Lorsac which resulted inKaoma 's hit, Lambada. Kjarkas also founded two schools focusing on Andean folk music, the Musical School of Kjarkas (Lima ,Peru ) and La Fundación Kjarkas (Ecuador ). They have toured across Japan, Europe and Scandinavia, the United States and South America.The band's leader has always been singer, guitarist and songwriter Gonzalo Hermosa González, who formed the band with his brothers Elmer Hermosa González and Ulises Hermosa González, as well as Gastón Guardia Bilboa and Ramiro de la Zerda. De la Zerda left group to form Grupo Fortaleza and Ulises Hermosa died of cancer in 1992, replaced by Eduardo Yáñez Loayza, Rolando Malpartida Porcel and José Luis Morales Rodríguez. By 2002, however, Japanese born Makoto Shishido, Lin Angulo, & Gonzalo Hermosa González junior had replaced Yáñez, Porcel, & Rodríguez.Makoto Joined to the band after seeing them in a concert in Japan. Los kjarkas Performed in different parts and almost in all continents which made them the most successful folk band from Bolivia.
External links
* [http://www.loskjarkas.com.bo Official Site]
* [http://www.expo.com.bo Bolivian Music and Web Varieties]
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