Oscar Lopez (born 1954 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean-Canadian folk and nouveau flamenco guitarist. He has won many awards from the Latino community.
Lopez moved to Canada in 1979 and settled in Calgary, Alberta.[1] He began pursuing music as a career, becoming a popular draw on the Canadian folk festival circuit, and released his debut album, Hola, in 1989. Several of his albums have been nominated for Canada's Juno Awards, and 2000's Armando's Fire was his first Juno win, for Best Instrumental Album. He has recorded on the Narada label. He was also named instrumentalist of the year by the Prairie Music Awards.[1] Classical Soul broke the Latin Charts during the first few weeks.
Although he has continued recording, Lopez had not toured or performed in several years due to a battle with depression.[citation needed] As a result, Spirit of the West recorded a tribute song to Lopez, "Come Back Oscar", on their 2004 album Star Trails. On July 24, Lopez appeared on stage with Spirit of the West at the Calgary Folk Music Festival to perform the song.
In 1997 Lopez began playing with James Keelaghan in a group known as The Compadres. In 1998, he co-produced the album, "Volcán: Tributo a José José", a tribute album dedicated to the iconic Mexican singer Jose Jose. They recorded a self-titled album that year and toured Australia in 2005. In 2007 they recorded another album, ¿Buddy Where You Been? and toured various venues including Hugh's Room in Toronto where they appeared on October 16.
His last album Tri-fecta was released in 2009, on this album collaborated with Pavlo and Rik Emmett (Rock Group, Triumph).
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JUNO Awards Nominations & Wins [edit]
1995: Best Global Recording: Dancing On The Moon Contigo, Nominated: Oscar Lopez
1998: Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group: Compadres, Nominated: James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez
1998: Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year, Nominated: Oscar Lopez
2002: Best Instrumental Album: Armando's Fire, Won: Oscar Lopez
2005: Instrumental Album of the Year: Mi Destino/My Destiny, Won: Oscar Lopez
2008: Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group: ¿Buddy, Where You Been? Nominated: Compadres – James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez
2010: Instrumental Album of the Year: Trifecta, Nominated: Pavlo, Rik Emmett, Oscar Lopez
Total Nominations: 7
Total Wins: 2
Other Awards Nominations & Wins [edit]
1999: Prairie Music Awards Winner Instrumentalist of the Year
2002: SOCAN Winner Hagood Hardy Jazz/Instrumental Award
Discography [edit]
- Hola (1989)
- Sueños (1991)
- Dancing on the Moon Contigo (1994)
- Compadres (1997) (James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez)
- Heat (1997)
- Seduction (1998)
- Armando's Fire (2000)
- Flash Back - Best of Oscar Lopez (2002)
- My Destiny (2003)
- ¿Buddy Where You Been? - Compadres (2007) (with James Keelaghan)
- Tri-fecta (2009) (Pavlo, Rik Emmett & Oscar Lopez)
Other Compilation Appearances [edit]
- Masters of Acoustic Guitar (1997) (Narada)
- Narada Smooth Jazz (1997) (Narada)
- Narada World A Global Vision (1997) (Narada)
- The Next Generation - Narada Sampler (1997) (Narada)
- Gypsy Passion - New Flamenco A Narada Collection (1997) (Narada)
- Gypsy Soul - New Flamenco Narada (1998) (Narada)
- Stories (Narada Artist Collection) (1998) (Narada)
- Narada Film and Television Music Sampler (1998) (Narada)
- Narada Guitar - 15 Years of Collected Works (1998) (Narada)
- Obsession - New Flamenco Romance A Narada Collection (1999) (Narada)
- Latino Christmas (Featuring Cuba LA, Oscar Lopez, Chuscales and Nando Lauria) (1999) (Narada)
- Gypsy Fire (2000) (Narada)
- Global Transmissions (2000) (Narada)
- Narada Guitar, Vol. 2 (2000) (Narada)
- Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco, Volume 1 (2000) (Baja Records)
- Tabu - Mondo Flamenco (2001) (Narada)
- Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco, Volume 2 (2002) (Baja Records)
- Best of Narada New Flamenco Guitar (2003) (Narada)
- Tri-fecta (2009) (P.R.O)
- The World Of The Spanish Guitar Vol. 1 (2011) (Higher Octave Music)
- Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco, Volume 3 (2013) (Baja Records)
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