Search results for "Carlos Gardel"

Carlos Gardel: Volver (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 27, 08

Three quarters of a century after his death in a plane crash, Carlos Gardel still inspires passion and fanatical devo...

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The Tango Project: Por Una Cabeza (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 27, 08

Okay, they aren't Argentinean . . . but then again, neither was Uruguayan Carlos Gardel, the tango legend who compose...

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Roberto Goyeneche: Buenos Aires Conoce (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 20, 08

Roberto Goyeneche's distinctive singing captures perfectly the louche and bohemian ambiance of 1950s-era tango, evoki...

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The Music of the Tango posted in Features and Interviews July 25, 08

by Ted Gioia Below is part one of Ted Gioia’s survey of tango music. For part two, click here. See also Gioia'...

The Music of the Tango (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews August 07, 08

by Ted Gioia Below is part two of Ted Gioia’s survey of tango music. For part one click here. See also Gioia's...

Piazzolla, Astor (Pantaleon) posted in Encyclopedia February 20, 09

Composer Astor Piazzolla focused tango through a modern lens. Drawing techniques and harmonies from modern compositio...

Gotan Project: Chunga's Revenge (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 10, 08

You know tango has arrived in the postmodern age when the bandoneón player starts up Frank Zappa's "Chunga's Revenge....

Ada Falcón: Yira Yira (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 18, 08

Ada Falcón led one of those dramatic, surprising lives so typical of the great tango artists. Born in 1905. Falcón b...

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Tango Argentina (Original Cast Recording) La Cumparsita (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music July 18, 08

Broadway is not where one usually hunts out authentic World Music. But the hit 1980s show Tango Argentina stayed tru...

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The Master of Congolese Guitar (Part Two) posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 14, 09

Below is the second installment of my two-part article on Franco and TPOK Jazz. For part one click here. T.G. ...

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