Editing Charango (section)

==In popular culture==
* It is key instrument in [[Andean music|Andean and Latino American musical]] styles and core to popular music in [[Music of Peru|Peru]], [[Music of Bolivia|Bolivia]] and [[Music of Chile|Chile]]
*Some prominent bands and groups that feature the instrument include:
**[[Los Kjarkas]]
**[[Savia Andina]]
**[[Luzmila Carpio]]
**[[Grupo Aymara]]
**[[Inti-Illimani]] 
**[[Quilapayún]] 
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*The charango is featured prominently in the [[Simon & Garfunkel]] hit "If I Could", which was created with new vocals layered on top of the [[Los Incas]] recording of "[[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Condor Pasa]]." 
*[[3000 Leagues in Search of Mother]] (1976), Japanese TV anime series, uses charango and quena in its opening song, ''Sougen no Marco'' ({{langx|ja|草原のマルコ}}).
* [[Ólöf Arnalds]], Icelandic folk singer, plays the charango extensively on her debut album '''Við og Við'''. Ólöf also plays charango on two tracks on [[Skuli Sverrisson|Skúli Sverrisson's]] '''Sería''' album:  ''Sungio E.g. Gaeti'' and ''Sería''.
*Yehuda Glantz, Jewish-Latin musician, frequently performs with a charango. On the live album '''Granite''' he informs his audience that he plays a charango from his native Argentina.
*[[Monsieur Periné]], a Colombian group, features charango in many of their songs, mixing Colombian folk rhythms with [[gypsy jazz]].
*[[Morcheeba]], an [[Electronica|electronica group]], has an album entitled [[Charango (album)|Charango]], which includes a song called [[Charango (song)|Charango]], featuring rapper, '''Pace Won'''.
*[[Andrew Reissiger]] of the world music group [[Dromedary (band)|Dromedary]] features the charango on many songs. Reissiger has used the instrument in both the [[Americana (music)|Americana]]/Folk tradition via [[Jonathan Byrd (musician)|Jonathan Byrd]]'s ''[[The Sea and The Sky]]'' and on a Puerto Rican CD with [[Roy Brown (Puerto Rican musician)|Roy Brown]], [[Tito Auger]], and [[Tao Rodriguez-Seeger]] titled '''Que Vaya Bien'''.
*[[Gustavo Santaolalla]], composer for several popular films (including [[Babel (film)|Babel]], [[21 Grams]] & [[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]) makes extensive use of the Charango and Ronroco in many of his compositions, and his album '''Ronroco''' (1998) highlights that instrument.
*[[Blanco White]], an English [[singer]]-[[songwriter]], plays charango in several of his songs, most notably the song '''Olalla''' on his 2020 album '''On The Other Side'''.
*[[Eclectic Charango Beats]] a band formed in Brooklyn by Latin American Musicians, incorporates the sound of the charango over cumbia and psychedelic rock textures.
*[[Young the Giant]] prominently feature the instrument on their 2018 song "[[Superposition (song)|Superposition]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Young the Giant - "Superposition" [LIVE @ SiriusXM]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7c0FQsTqTg|website=[[YouTube]]|date=January 26, 2019|access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>