“Cantinero de Piura”: who wrote the famous Armonía 10 song and how was it born?

Walther Lozada was one of the renowned composers from Piurawho created a series of songs to be performed by the musical group Armonía 10. One of these was precisely the so-called “Cantinero de Piura”, which today is sung by one of the members of the new musical orchestra Walther Lozada y Orquesta, founded by the family of the composer from Piura, who died last July 2022. Since 1988 the music has been sung by the group Armonía 10 and today it is also sung by the new group Walther Lozada and orchestra.