Mario Mendoza

Born in Cashaucro (Oyón), Lima, Peru in 1944, Mario Mendoza is a singer and composer of traditionally inspired Andean music. A musician since childhood, Mendoza made his first recordings during the late '50s with Los Romanceros de Cashaucro. In the proceeding decades as a solo artist, he became one of the most important representatives of his country's (and region's) folk music, highlighting in particular his fondness for Huayno and Andean harp. Although virtually unknown to the rest of the world until the 21st century, he released several albums recorded in the field for Smit...