Michael Sarian & The Chabones: LeÓn Album Release at The Falcon

CHA·BÓN
/’ CHäbon/
Origin: ARGENTINA, informal, from the Argentine ‘lunfardo’ noun: chabón; plural noun: chabones a man; a dude; a schmuck “that chabón sounds terrible”; “those chabones sound terrible”
LUN·FAR·DO
/ˈlo͞onfärdo/
noun: from the Italian ‘lumbardo’, local dialect of Lombardy a dialect or slang, originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th century in the lower classes in Buenos Aires; associated with the tango musicians and
culture. “chabón is lunfardo for dude”

There’s a common stigma (albeit mostly playful) against gingers - people with red hair throughout the world. My home country Argentina is no different. Although they no longer believe gingers have no soul, or that gingers are vampires; they do believe they’re bad luck. ...

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CHA·BÓN
/’ CHäbon/
Origin: ARGENTINA, informal, from the Argentine ‘lunfardo’ noun: chabón; plural noun: chabones a man; a dude; a schmuck “that chabón sounds terrible”; “those chabones sound terrible”
LUN·FAR·DO
/ˈlo͞onfärdo/
noun: from the Italian ‘lumbardo’, local dialect of Lombardy a dialect or slang, originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th century in the lower classes in Buenos Aires; associated with the tango musicians and
culture. “chabón is lunfardo for dude”

There’s a common stigma (albeit mostly playful) against gingers - people with red hair throughout the world. My home country Argentina is no different. Although they no longer believe gingers have no soul, or that gingers are vampires; they do believe they’re bad luck.
There’s this saying, “Colorado Yeta”, which roughly translates into ‘bad luck ginger’. To be honest, I never felt discriminated against because of my red hair, but I did stand out. Originally, the album title was going to be Colorado Yeta. But I knew that non-Spanish speakers would have a hard time pronouncing and understanding it. - Michael Sarian

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