RIP Federico Villa

 

Federico Villa, interpreter of "Caminos de Michoacán", dies at 84 years of age

The singer was one of the great icons of ranchera music

El Heraldo de Mexico

By Luis Hernandez

7/13/2022

 

This Wednesday night, the death of Federico Villa was reported at the age of 84 and who was considered one of the great icons of ranchera music; he was an interpreter of the popular melody "Caminos de Michoacán" . So far the causes of his death are unknown.

It was the senator from Michoacán , Antonio García , who announced the unfortunate news through his Twitter account: "Federico Villa, gave voice to Caminos de #Michoacán. We all got goosebumps with his interpretation. That in Rest in peace this idol of ranchera music".

Originally from Zamora, Michoacán, Federico Villa was a regional music singer with a career spanning more than 40 years. Since he was a child he knew that he wanted to dedicate himself to this profession and did not hesitate to get down to work; he fought his way into a radio contest, won, and never backed down.

Like many artists of the time, he was not satisfied with the microphone and sought fame in the cameras. That was how he made his acting debut in the movie "Nobody's Daughter", the first of many more. It was in 1982 when he could be seen next to Joan Sebastian in "The blood of our race".

As for the song "Caminos de Michoacán" it is the authorship of Bulmaro Bermúdez who was his compadre. However, the first interpreter of the famous melody was him; Years later a movie with the same name would be made.

Federico Villa had so much love for music that he did not stop working; However, the pandemic affected him a lot, since he took him away from the stage as presentations were not allowed. This forced him to migrate to the social networks where he presented his projects.

VILLA, Federico

Born: 10/7/1938, Zamora, Michoaca, Mexico

Died: 7/13/2022, Mexico

 

Federico Villa’s westerns – actor:

El cara parchada – 1980

Tierra sangriento – 1979 (Joe Jr.)