The gang is the genre par excellence of Ecuador. To speak of the Ecuadorian corridor is to refer to the country’s identity and belonging. The low and enveloping tones are able to create a connection between melancholy and romance; It is certainly a poem that is sung.

When you think of this genre it probably automatically sounds like The soul on the lips, performed by Julio Jaramillo, and there is a reason why this genre is commemorated on the day the artist was born. American Nightingale. Among the references of this genre are Francisco Paredes Herrera, Jorge Luis Valverde, Enrique Espín Yépez, the Miño Naranjo brothers, Fresia Saavedraamong other things.

Are songs still being made in this genre? The answer is yes. Some themes are not a pure corridor, but a contemporary fusion. Concerning the Ecuadorian Hall Day, which is celebrated on October 1st, we present an excellent top of contemporary gang songs, many of which were written by the same artists and are part of their recording works.

‘Thirty-one’, by Luna Cantora

Singing moon (Emilia Alarcón Cruz, her first name) is a singer-songwriter who experiments with her Ecuadorian roots in her music and in her single Thirty-one it does. This song musicalizes the end of a year with nostalgia and some insights into the hallway, making it a song that combines the representative sounds of the hallway with the contemporary.

‘You have come back’, by Kalmar de la Mar

Moved and touched by the pandemic, Kalmar de la Mar (Karen Márquez, her first name) has released her song You came back. In this passage, the young author sings about a love story that must be kept at a distance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but which when reunited is a celebration of true love. With this song, the artist took third place in the 2020 Ecuadorian Pasillo National Young Composers Competition.

She launched herself in 2019 Forgetfulness gene, in which he sings in the hallway about a love affair worn out by monotony and lack of affection, something that makes them gradually resign.

‘Vliegensong’, by Carlos Grijalva

In 2020 the musician and singer Carlos Grijalva released his song fly sing, a corridor that also gave its name to a concert he gave that same year. Passionate about Ecuadorian music, Grijalva composed this corridor in the middle of the confinement of the pandemic. The text could be dedicated to a person who somewhere has to leave his dreams behind, and therefore has to cut ties despite love.

‘Olvida’, by Álvaro Bermeo and Julio Andrade

The musicians came about two years ago Alvaro Bermeo (singer of Guardarraya) and Julio Andrade they gave voice to the song forgeta song written by Carlos Paz and composed of Francisco Paredes Herrera. This song sings about a love that was not sincere and that caused a lot of damage, so it is better to forget it.

‘My life is a yahuarlocro’, by Sal and Mileto

As a hallway Igor Icaza sings My life is a yahuarlocro. This passage, published with the band Sal y Mileto, goes beyond convention and tells with a touch of humor about a past love that is missed for many reasons and not necessarily related to feelings. “I beg you, I beg you, I beg you, come back, because without you my soul will be hollow, if you don’t help me pay the mortgage.”

‘Because I Love You’, by Igor Icaza

Years later, Icaza himself returned to interpret a hallway Because I love you, next Rita Maria. With his career as a soloist and for his album Behind the bones, presented a song full of nostalgia, romance and passion, written and composed by Paul Segovia.

The lyrics are all poetry dedicated to a feeling that goes beyond obstacles and distance, it is a song for loyal love. ‘I cannot explain why I carry you in the sweet verse of this sad stanza. I can’t suppress the cry he asks. ‘May the sweet dream of having you here come soon,’ he says in one part of the song.

‘You and I’, by Pamela Cortés and Trío Alvarado

The song sounds in the voice of Pamela Cortés You and me, a song released in 2021 with the Trío Alvarado. This hallway was one bonus track of the disk Eternal corridor, a compilation of Ecuadorian classics that the Museo del Pasillo launched at the time. The theme is a love poem, worth dedicating to that special person, who you can shower with sublime compliments.

‘With the soul without wounds’, by Juan Carlos Vergara

In 2017 Juan Carlos Vergara he won National competition for young hall composers with the theme With a soul without wounds, that he composed and wrote. The lyrics evoke a love so great that days are enough for this feeling. In his lyrics he describes with delicacy and admiration a love that is longed to be eternal.

“So You Don’t Forget Me,” by Juan Fernando Velasco

And we close this summit with a topic that is not necessarily new but that you have probably heard of, what it is about So that you don’t forget me, by Juan Fernando Velasco. This song was released in 1999 and was very popular. The author presents it as a corridor that can be dedicated to two beings who need to distance themselves physically, but not in mind and heart. (JO)