Though still a young woman, Maureen Choi has been on a long musical career path, taking several twists and turns along the way, and stopping to reconnoitre at various outposts before moving on. The daughter of Korean immigrants... Read Article
Acclaimed tango production Tango Fire returns to London’s Peacock Theatre following a memorable season in 2013. Featuring the unforgettable music of Piazzolla, Pugliese and Gardel, the choreography of lead dancer German Cornejo and the cream of Buenos Aires’... Read Article
Colombia has seen its fair share of folkloric fusion over the past few decades, providing a revised version of traditional melodies from the Atlantic coast to the cordillera of the Andes mountains. This was prior to the impressive... Read Article
We asked singer/songwriter Sebastián Litmanovich aka Cineplexx to choose 10 of his favourite songs from his native Argentina. Cineplexx’s last album, Florianopolis, was an infectious slice of psychedelic cool, not to mention one of our albums of the... Read Article
Brazilian musician Fernando TRZ takes a swing at a tango classic, bringing Astor Piazzolla’s “Meditango” forward a few generations. The smoky, sultry mood remains, but beats, clicks and reverb take it firmly towards the world of electro-tango. After... Read Article
Tango musicians and writers have legendary status in Argentina. The most acclaimed tango composers are Osvaldo Pugliese (1905–95) and Astor Piazzolla (1921–92). The former recorded the most famous traditional tangos, while Piazzolla went on to contemporise the music,... Read Article
Ah… Tango! No doubt, the most idealised paired dance in the world. And there’s plenty of reasons for that. The closeness, the intimacy, the cadence, the wordless conversation of the bodies, the acute polarisation of the gender’s roles…... Read Article
We’re over halfway through Argentine month and we’re yet to even mention tango. It’s not that we have anything against it it’s just that it gets its fair share of publicity as it is. I’m not sure our... Read Article
They say that every fifteen minutes, somewhere in the world, someone is playing Tango Jalousie, one of the most beloved of all tangos. Dizzy Gillespie jammed to it. The British blockbuster film “The Full Monty” includes it. Tenor... Read Article
