Carlos Huertas

Who was Carlos Huertas?

Carlos Huertas Gómez was a Colombian vallenato music composer predominantly, singer and guitarist. At the age of 16 years old Huertas traveled from his hometown to Venezuela to study music at a conservatory, composing in different genres such as paseo vallenato, pasaje, merengue vallenato, joropo, gaita, porro, vals, bolero, pasillo, bambuco and other Caribbean rhythms.

Huertas was a son of Carlos Modesto Huertas Gómez and Dolores Gómez Gómez. His father also a musician played the flute, the guitar and the tiple. His grandfather Atinio Huertas, was also a musician and was the director of the an orchestra in Riohacha. Huertas was considered a passionate for his homeland the Guajira Peninsula, and most of his songs were dedicated to the people, traditions and subjects relating to it.