Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936-1989) was one of the leading figures of Uruguayan popular music. Since his first album, Canta Zitarrosa, released in 1966, Zitarrosa forged a unique music style, where rural folk traditions went hand-in-hand with tango and urban rhythms. It was a new way of understanding roots traditions, and he gained an enormous popularity in [...]