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...

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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...

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Mercedes Sosa (1935 – 2009)

MERCEDES SOSA was born in San Miguel de Tucumán on July 9, 1935, in a humble home. From those years comes his attachment to popular artistic expressions. Just out of...

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Juan Cedrón (1939)

Today you will listen to an interview with the emblematic poet, composer, singer and guitarist Juan "Tata" Cedrón, who in his songs fights for freedom and social justice against...

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Amelita Baltar, Tania y Las Tangueras (in 1996)

Today's edition is dedicated to 6 very extraordinary women: Tania, Amelita Baltar and Los Tangueras. When exactly the Spanish singer Tanja was born in Toledo at the end of...

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Leda Valladares (1919 – 2012)

Singer, songwriter and researcher Leda Valladares is a phenomenon. Born in Tucumán in 1919. As a teenager he is enthusiastic about jazz, blues and classical music. "Before I looked...

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Horacio Salgán (1916 – 2016)

In 1999 I had the great joy of being able to chat with one of my favorite composers at a tango festival in Zurich: the great Horacio Salgán. ...

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Dino Saluzzi (1935)

One of the most fascinating bandoneonists of our time is called Dino Saluzzi. It combines the traditional way of playing the bandoneon in Argentine folklore and tango with the...

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Heraclio Pérez (1904 – 2002)

Heraclio Pérez was born on March 2, 1904 in San Luis de Palmar and grew up in Puerto Tirol, in the province of Chaco. In 1930, at the age...

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Juan Quintero (1977)

Juan Quintero was born on July 22, 1977 in San Miguel de Tucumán. His parents Coco and Marilí were musicians and sang in the Provincial Choir of Tucumán.

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Antonio Agri (1932 – 1998)

Today we also celebrate the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth with a very special interview: violinist Antonio Agri was for a long time a close collaborator of the...

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Gustavo Beytelmann (1945)

Gustavo Beytelmann was my composition teacher when I studied bandoneon at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1993 to 1998. Since the death of Osvaldo Pugliese in 1995, Gustavo Beytelmann is...

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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...

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Leopoldo Federico (1927 – 2014)

I don't need to introduce the musician whose interview I want to let you listen to today: He is my favorite bandoneon player after Pichuco, having played with all...

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Eduardo Falú (1923 – 2013)

More than 20 years ago, I had the great honor of chatting with the wonderful guitarist and composer Eduardo Falù at his home. Eduardo Falú was born on July...

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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. )

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