María José Cantilo Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

In 2000, Cantilo began a slow return to music with sporadic performances, which would become more frequent with the editions of “Covers” released that same year, “Momento de boleros” in 2005 and “Aquí y Tiempo” in 2006. In September 2004, she participated in a new version of “La Marcha de la Bronca” with her brother Miguel and special guests. In 2011, she released an album entitled “Esencia” that was produced by her son Gaspar Benegas (guitarist of Indio Solari) respecting the simplicity of the sound of her voice and her guitar that was her characteristic.

In February 1992, Cantilo was arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to two years and eight months at Ezeiza prison. She captured this experience in a book published sometime after her release.

Cantilo returned to the province of Buenos Aires in 1982 and in that same year she began her artistic career. With an acoustic folk rock style, she recorded her self-titled debut album in 1984, with the participation of great musicians such as David Lebón, León Gieco, Osvaldo Fattorusso, Daniel Colombres and her brother Miguel Cantilo, among others. It was part of the B.A. Rock and La Falda, where she sang only accompanied by her acoustic guitar. In 1989, she released her second album entitled “En banda” and Oscar Moro, Claudio “Pato” Loza, Gustavo Dinerstain, Angel Lombardo, Diego Gesualdi and others participated. In May 1990, she appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine (Argentina edition).

María José Cantilo (5 June 1953 – 2 May 2022) was an Argentine singer and songwriter.