A podcast with the best Argentine tango and folklore musicians

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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Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)

Ariel Ramírez (September 4, 1921 - February 18, 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and musical director.

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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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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...

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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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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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Domingo Cura (1929 – 2004)

On December 23, 1996 I interviewed Domingo Cura, the most prominent percussionist in the history of folk music in Argentina.

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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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Roque Librado Gonzalez (1934 – 2020)

Roque Librado Gonzalez was born on July 20, 1934 in San Luis del Palmar, province of Corrientes. He was able to make a living with music from a very...

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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...

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Enrique Cadicamo (1900-1999)

Today's podcast features an interview with the wonderful poet and tango composer Enrique Cadicamo. When I visited him in January 1999, he was already 99 years old and therefore...

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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....

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Anibal Arias (1922 – 2010)

Anibal Arias, the guitar in tango Welcome to the “The Masters of Music tell” podcast. Today I present my conversation with the late guitarist Anibal Arias, in an interview...

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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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