Sol y Lluvia is a Chilean musical group formed in 1978 in the San Joaquín district of Santiago by brothers Amaro Labra (vocals, guitar, songwriter) and Charles Labra (percussion, bombo), later joined by younger brother Jonny Labra on bass in 1983. Emerging from a screen-printing workshop that doubled as a rehearsal space, they began performing folk-infused acoustic sets around Santiago, weaving together guitar, bombo, kultrún, charango, quena, and percussion to create socially conscious music rooted in the Nueva Canción movement. Their first self-produced cassette, Canto + vida, arrived in 1980, followed by Canto es vida in 1982, establishing their sound and activist message. The trio went on to record their first studio albums—A desatar esperanzas (1987) and + Personas (1988)—with independence that yielded underground success and widespread circulation. In 1989, they captured a historic live performance at Teatro California on El aire volverá, followed by major concert recordings Adiós General, adiós carnaval (1990) and Somos gente de la tierra (1992) at Chile’s Estadio Nacional. The group incorporated charango and panpipe players like Patricio Quilodrán and Marcelo Concha to enrich their Andean fusion, culminating in the album Hacia la tierra (1993). After a lineup change in 2000 when Charles left, Sol y Lluvia regrouped—now including Harley Labra, Joseph Barahona, Carlos Soto, Juan Morán, and others—and continued releasing live and DVD albums such as Sol y Lluvia vive!!! (2005) and 30 Años en Vivo!!! (2012). They remained active in the following years, performing across Chile and maintaining their legacy as voices of resistance, blending folk, rock, murga, and progressive rhythms with bold political lyrics addressing repression, inequality, and hope. Clima Humana, their eighth studio album, came out in 2013.
