Daniel Cancio Toro was an Argentine folk singer and composer born on January 3,
1941, in Salta. He began his professional journey at age seventeen, co-writing
“Para ir a buscarte” with Ariel Petrocelli. After performing with ensembles such
as Los Nombradores, he launched a solo career in 1966. Toro achieved a major
breakthrough at the 1967 Festival de Cosquín, where he received the Premio
Consagración and released the debut album El nombrador. Throughout the 1970s, he
published successful albums such as Canciones para mi pueblo. During the
Argentine dictatorship between 1976 and ...