On May 8, the Our Earth Awards 2024 in it Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo from Bogota; an event to exalt and recognize national talent in the 28 categories and more than 150 artists. Voting open to the public until April 30 in www.premiosnuestratierra.com
In this version, artists like Shakira, Karol G, Maluma, FeidCarlos Vives, Andrés Cepeda, Manuel Turizo, Fonseca, Manuel Medrano, Adriana Lucía among other stars of the Colombian music industry will be the winners of the big night.
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Diomedes Díaz will receive the Legend of Our Earth 2024 award
Every year there is a special recognition for that artist whose music has left a mark on history and this year’s award goes to The Chief of La Junta, Diomedes Díaz. One of the greatest exponents of vallenato, his legacy will receive this award for his contribution to Colombian music.
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Nowadays in each musical genre there are new artists who want to take it to the top with their interpretations, however, reaching the top and staying is something that few achieve, but no matter how difficult it is, this long path is what the become legends.
If we talk about vallenato there is a name that became the reference of the genre, Diomedes Díaz. Although more than 10 years have passed since his departure, his legacy lives on in all those who admire him, listen to him and relive him through his songs.
Listen to lyrics like:
“The wound that I always carry in my soul does not heal.
Inevitable marks me the pain that is infinite.
I would like to fly very far, very far, without a fixed direction.
“Look for a place in the world without hate, live in peace.”
Or dedicate it to that special woman:
“There may be more beautiful than you
There will be another with more power than you
They can exist in this world
But you are the queen.”
Or understand that the passage of time is inevitable thanks to:
“A strand of hair adorns my body
A strand of hair adorns my soul
Oh see, my first gray hair
News of my old age”
He heart of the Chief of the board beat to the rhythm of the accordion, snare drum and the guacharaca. From a very young age he knew that vallenato would become his life and he sang it “with great pleasure” until his last. breath on December 22, 2013.
Its place in the most alto of vallenato music He is supported by a long road full of obstacles that did not stop him and his perseverance managed to position him as a composer and as an artist.
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From his first steps with “La Negra” or “Cariñito de Mi Vida”, his first album “Vallenata Heritage” until the last two “The Life of the Artist” and “Between Díaz and songs”, Diomedes is the inspiration of many and the idol of millions around the world who laugh and cry with the songs of the Cacique de la Junta.
Diomedes Dionisio Díaz Maestre He is no longer there, but his songs will keep him alive for the rest of the days. This year, the Nuestra Tierra Awards will award him the Legend of Our Earth 2024 for his career and for all his work to take vallenato music to the top.
