A Tenerife singer linked to Nueva Canción Canaria, singer-songwriter culture and popular music with a salsa projection.
Caco Senante is a singer from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, recognized as a pioneer of the Nueva Canción Canaria movement.
Open biographyCanariWiki places his first recital in 1971, linked to Latin American folklore. After a period as a Spanish teacher in the United States, he decided to work professionally in music after taking part in the Fiestas de Mayo in Santa Cruz in 1975 alongside groups such as Los Sabandeños, Taburiente Folk and Los Chincanairos.
His importance centres on the passage from roots song and social song during the Transition to popular repertoires with wide circulation. CanariWiki considers him a precursor of Nueva Canción Canaria, and his own discography documents the evolution from Entre amigos to Mojo Picón and later salsa albums.
His first period is linked to protest song, poems by Canarian writers and Canarian themes. From Chateaubriand and Mojo Picón onwards, sources describe a shift towards salsa and dance-oriented popular music.
The documented repertoire includes Entre amigos, ¿Qué te pasa, tierra mía?, Chateaubriand, Mojo Picón and Igual que ayer with Pablo Milanés, as well as his own songs and texts by Canarian poets.
His legacy connects 1970s Canarian song with later popular circuits and with a public memory shaped by Mojo Picón.
He was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and his early work was built on his own songs, poems by Canarian writers and Canarian themes.
Canción de amplia circulación popular asociada al cuarto disco del artista.
Primer disco de su carrera profesional, citado por CanariWiki y por la discografía oficial.
Nace en Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
CanariWiki sitúa su primer recital en 1971.
Tras las Fiestas de Mayo de Santa Cruz decide dedicarse profesionalmente a la música.
Publica su primer disco de larga duración.
Publica Mojo Picón, disco y canción de amplia circulación popular.
Publica Igual que ayer con Pablo Milanés.
