Rolando Alarcón Soto born on August 5, 1929, son of a primary school teacher and a miner,[1] he lived most of his childhood in Sewell and adolescence in Chillan,[2] where he studied guitar and piano.

In 1955, as a result of the summer season schools taught by Margot Loyola at the University of Chile, the Cuncumén group was formed, in which Alarcon took over as artistic director during seven years.

Others were of social commitment as "Yo defiendo a mi tierra" (I defend my land); and others more linked to the Chilean tradition, such as "Mocito que vas remando" (Little boy you're going rowing).

[1] In 1968, he released Canciones de la guerra civil española on his recently created label, Tiempo,[3] an album composed primarily of pro-republican Spanish songs,[13] the only original track is "No pasaran".

[16] In 1972, he released his last studio album titled El alma de mi pueblo, that featured the duo adherent to the then Popular Unity Los Emigrantes.

[21] On February 4, 2013, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the departure of the folklorist, a concert was held at the Mesón Nerudiano restaurant, Santiago, where musicians Eduardo Peralta, Rafael Manríquez, Felo [es], Marcos Acevedo, and Max Berrú participated.

[22] In that same year, the release of a tribute album entitled Tenemos las mismas manos, alluding to one of the verses of the song "Si somos americanos", with the participation of artists from the Nueva canción chilena and Neofolk, would be announced.

[24][25] In 2021, an anthology of unreleased recordings or out-of-print albums called Grabaciones perdidas was published exclusively through various streaming platforms such as Spotify, Deezer and YouTube Music.