Octavio Mesa

The Profile

Singer and guitarist from Antioquia, Colombia, presented in the review as a campesino figure (ruana/poncho, machete) whose parranda recordings combine traditional guitar motifs with raw, vulgar, working-class lyrics.

A passionate single review by DarkMagus highlights Octavio Mesa, a singer-guitarist from Antioquia, Colombia. The album Los Relajos Del Arriero is praised for raw, vulgar, and lyrically powerful parranda songs. Tracks called out include Diccionario Verde, El Jornalero and Con Verraquera. The record is described as rare and little documented online.