José Larralde

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José Larralde

José Larralde (Huangelén, Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province, October 22nd 1938) is an Argentine songwriter of folk music. At the early age of 7 years Larralde had already written songs with social content. Throughout the years he would write various songs about crafts, situations and people he had stumbled upon in his life. A descendant of Arabians and basques, José Larralde has been a bricklayer, a rural worker, a solderer, a mechanic, and a guitarist and songwriter.

One night, in 1966 during a barbecue, his friend, José Dip, told Larralde he would introduce him to Jorge Cafrune. This happened a short time after. In that opportunity José showed Cafrune some songs which Cafrune published in his next LP Jorge Cafrune (1967).

It was in this year that Larralde recorded his first LP in a series of over 30 edited in Argentina: Canta José Larralde

Larralde is not much known because he has shunned promotions and massive concentrations. Not withstanding, his singing crossed the boundaries of his country and triumphed in countries such as Germany, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Spain among others. His lyrics deal with injustices and inequities.

Larralde also debuted as an actor in the argentinian film "Santos Vega" (1972).