Their repertoire is based on popular Venezuelan songs adapted to their own unique style of singing, performing a crossover of traditional and pop genres while contrasting their work with rich and warm harmonies.
The Onda Nueva (New Wave) is a genre derived from the Venezuelan joropo and the Brazilian bossa nova, which has a few slight nods to jazz and classical music.
Individually, they are totally unknown to popular music listeners, even though their singing was heard day and night on television and radio across Venezuela.
At the time, most of the top jingle singers in Venezuela drifted into the business from the pop music world.
[1] Los Cuñaos made their first public appearance at Aula Magna of the Central University of Venezuela late in 1974.