A podcast with the best Argentine tango and folklore musicians
Ubaldo de Lio (1929 -2012)
Today you can listen to a conversation with another great tango master: the guitarist Ubaldo De Lio. For more than 50 years he played with the wonderful composer and...
Jaime Torres (1938 – 2018)
Today we are dedicated to a legend of Latin American folklore: the charanguista Jaime Torres.
Osvaldo Pugliese (1905 – 1995)
Today we have an interview with Osvaldo Pugliese. When I met him and interviewed him in Rotterdam in 1993, the great master was already 88 years old. He was...
Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908 – 1992)
Atahualpa Yupanqui (in Quechua, he who comes from distant lands to say something) was born in Campo de la Cruz, in José de la Peña, Pergamino district (in the...
Horacio Malvicino (1929)
Horacio Malvicino was born on October 20, 1929 in Concordia, province of Entre Ríos. At the age of 19 he moved to Buenos Aires. Very soon he joined the...
Nelly Omar (1911 – 2013)
Nelly Omar was born in Buenos Aires on September 10, 1911. At the age of 13 she didn't dream of becoming a singer or an actress - she wanted...
Roberto Grela (1913 – 1992)
Roberto Grela was born in the neighborhood of San Telmo and from a very young age he started with music since his family circle were very fond of it....
Victor Hugo Villena (1979)
Now you can listen to a conversation I had with the wonderful bandoneonist Victor Hugo Villena in early March 2020. He is one of the best musicians of the...
Avelino Flores (1935 – 1998)
I met bandoneon player Avelino Flores at his home in Corrientes in December 1993. Avelino Flores is considered a successor of the famous Chamamé bandoneon player and composer Tránsito Cocomarola.
Domingo Cura (1929 – 2004)
On December 23, 1996 I interviewed Domingo Cura, the most prominent percussionist in the history of folk music in Argentina.
Emilio Balcarce (1918 – 2011)
Today we have an interview with Emilio Balcarce, violinist, bandoneonist, conductor, composer and arranger, who died in 2011. On January 5, 1999 I finally met him in the dressing...
Duo Salteño (1967)
Chacho Echenique del Duo Salteño was born on July 21, 1939 in Salta. He was not only a famous singer, poet and composer, but also a professional football player...
Suma Paz (1938 – 2009)
We begin this series dedicated to folklore with the great lady of southern singing: Suma Paz was born on April 5, 1938 in Santa Fe, but grew up in...
Juan Falú (1948)
Juan Falú was born on October 10, 1948 in San Miguel de Tucumán, in northwestern Argentina. His paternal grandparents were Syrian immigrants.
Rodolfo Mederos (1940)
I met Rodolfo Mederos in 1995. I approached him after a concert at the San Martín Cultural Center and asked if I could take bandoneon lessons with him. I...
The best podcasts and interviews with the most legendary musicians of the argentine tango and folklore music like Mercedes Sosa, Horacio Salgán, Osvaldo Pugliese y Astor Piazzolla a.o. )
