Death of Diego Gallardo: who was the Guayaquil musician and composer?

The voice of the Guayaquil artist Diego Gallardo went out on Tuesday, January 9, amid the violent events that rocked Guayaquil during the state of emergency declared by President Daniel Noboa.

National artists mourn the death of Diego Gallardo (Aire del Golfo), which occurred during the state of emergency

Brave, a verified artist on Spotifydebuted his project Gulf Air in 2019 with the disk Let’s hum 1. The simple Pitahaya woman (2018) positioned him in the Ecuadorian music scene.

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His next single was However, recorded as the closing track of their first album. “Overall, I was completely captivated by it. I believe you should listen to it from beginning to end, without even thinking about skipping a song.. Let’s hum 1 “It expresses many of the most common emotions in the world: love, sadness and uncertainty, among others,” Juanjo, this newspaper’s music critic, reviewed at the time.

In 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, collaborated with Sebastián Ontaneda to produce Standinga song about the importance of remaining steadfast in the face of the circumstances of those moments.

In 2021, he was invited to participate in the song Salinas, by Jaime del Hierro, a tribute to the coastal city. And in 2022 it launched two singles from the second album, lets hum 2: the songs Chemistry And Oh, that’s hot!

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His last musical release was in 2023, together with Santi Beatsin which he explored new sounds with his song Lila session #4: Gulf Air.

Gallardo was also very active in the social network X (formerly Twitter), where his verses remain.