PLAYLIST:

• Mala Junta, meaning ‘Bad Meeting’, a tango recorded by Julio de Caro, on 13 September 1927, with music composed by Julio de Caro & Pedro Laurenz in 1927, with lyrics by Juan Miguel Velich.
• El Baqueano, meaning ‘The Gaucho’, a tango recorded by Julio de Caro, on 13 September 1927, with music composed by Agustín Bardi in 1919.
• Chique, meaning ‘Ornamented’, a tango recorded by Pedro Maffia in 1930, with music composed by Ricardo Luis Brignolo with counermelody for cello added later by Fritz in 1920.
• A Traves De Los Años, meaning ‘Through The Years’, a ango recorded by Pedro Maffia, on 4 October 1934, with music composed by Pedro Maffia, with lyrics by Homero Manzi., and sung by Félix Gutiérrez.
• Mala Junta, meaning ‘Bad Meeting’, a tango recorded by Tango Fire Quartet in 2005, with music composed by Julio de Caro & Pedro Laurenz in 1927, with lyrics by Juan Miguel Velich.
• El Baqueano, meaning ‘The Gaucho’, a tango recorded by Juan D’Arienzo, on 21 January 1937, with music composed by Agustín Bardi in 1919.
• La Maleva, meaning ‘The Rough Woman’, a tango recorded by Anibal Troilo, on 9 October 1942, with music composed by Antonio Buglione in 1922.
• El Ingeniero, meaning ‘The Engineer’, a tango recorded by Carlos di Sarli, on 31 January 1955, with music composed by Alejandro Junnissi.
• A Evaristo Carriego, meaning ‘To Evaristo Carriego’, a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese, on 26 December 1985, with music composed by Eduardo Rovira.

7:00pm, every Sunday

From next week Tango Capital has a new timeslot, 7:00pm to 8:00pm, every Sunday. This much more listener-friendly timeslot is ongoing and will be the standard broadcast time from next week 28 August.

Note that there will be no broadcast on Thursday 25 August as that program will simply be moved forward three days.

Join me Sunday evenings for the tango hour, on Tango Capital.

Looking forward this week to exploring the singing of Ernesto Fama and some perspectives on tango from ex-Canberra tanguera Sarah Bonnar, as well as checking out the new line-up of Tango Paradiso. Join me for the tango hour, 11pm this Thursday:

• on 2XXfm 98.3 in Canberra, or
• streaming live to the internet at http://www.2xxfm.org.au/listen.

PLAYLIST:

• No Hay Tierra Como La Mia, meaning ‘There is no land like mine’, a milonga recorded by Francisco Canaro, on 23 November 1939, with music composed by Charlo, with lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo, and sung by Ernesto Famá.
• Maldonado, meaning ‘Maldonado (the name of a river in Buenos Aires, now underground)’, a tango recorded by Osvaldo Fresedo, on 7 February 1928, with music composed by Luis Nicolas Visca, with lyrics by Luis Rubistein, and sung by Ernesto Famá.
• Noche de Estrellas, meaning ‘Night of Stars’, a vals recorded by Francisco Canaro, on 28 March 1939, with music composed by José Luis Padula, with lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo, and sung by Ernesto Famá.
• El Vino Triste, meaning ‘Melancholy Wine’, a tango recorded by Francisco Canaro, on 25 October 1939, with music composed by Juan D’Arienzo, with lyrics by Manuel Romero, and sung by Ernesto Famá.
• Mal De Amores, meaning ‘Lovesickness’, a  tango recorded by Tango Paradiso in 2012, with music composed by Pedro Laurenz.
• Chuzas, meaning ‘Rat’s Tails’, a tango recorded by Maggie Ferguson, on August 2011, with music composed by Agustín Bardi.
• Carillon de la Merced, meaning ‘Bells of Favour’, a tango recorded by Orquesta Tipica Victor, on 9 June 1931, with music composed by Enrique Santos Discépolo, with lyrics by Enrique Santos Discépolo and Alfredo Le Pera, and sung by Ernesto Famá.
• Silueta Porteña, meaning ‘Silhouette of a Buenos Aires Woman’, a milonga recorded by Jessica Ipkendanz & Hugo Alvarez in 2001, with music composed by Cuccaro brothers in 1936.
• Sobre el Pucho, meaning ‘Under the Smoke’, a tango recorded by Carlos Di Sarli, on 3 June 1931, with music composed by Sebastián Piana in 1922, with lyrics by  José González Castillo, and sung by Ernesto Famá.

Going Live !!! THIS THURSDAY 11 August – that’s tomorrow – tune in at 11pm for the first transmission of Tango Capital.

We have Pugliese to lead off, then talking with German Cornejo to find out more of what it takes to make Tango Fire.

 

All on 2XXfm 98.3 in Canberra, or streaming live from http://www.2xxfm.org.au/listen.

Image: German Cornejo and his partner Gisela Galeassi, of Tango Fire

Image Credit: https://tango-fire.com

 

PLAYLIST:

• Derecho Viejo, meaning ‘Old Law’, a tango recorded by  Orquesta Típica Victor, on 1 June 1934, with music composed by Eduardo Arolas, with lyrics by Gabriel Clausi, and sung by Teófilo Ibáñez.
•  A Los Amigos, meaning ‘To The Friends’, a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese, on 15 July 1960, with music composed by Armando Pontier.
•  Union Civica, meaning ‘Political Union’, a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese, on 19 November 1958, with music composed by Domingo Sana Cruz.
•  Derecho Viejo, meaning ‘Old Law’, a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese, on 28 May 1945, with music composed by Eduardo Arolas, with lyrics by Gabriel Clausi.
•   Illusión Marina, meaning ‘Vision Of The Sea’, a vals recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese, on 28 January 1947, with music composed by Antonio Sureda, with lyrics by Gerónimo Sureda, and sung by Alberto Morán.
•  La Yumba, meaning ‘The Wheezing’, a tango recorded by  Otros Aires in 2007, with music composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.
•  El Desbande, meaning ‘The Scattering (or Disbanding)’, a tango recorded by Astor Piazzolla, on 26 November 1946, with music composed by Astor Piazzolla.
•  El Milagro, meaning ‘The Miracle’, a tango recorded by  Francini-Pontier, on 4 Sepember 1946, with music composed by Armando Pontier, with lyrics by Homero Exposito, and sung by Alberto Podesta.
•  Libertango, meaning ‘Free Tango’ recorded by Astor Piazzolla, on 13 October 1983, with music composed by Astor, with lyrics by Piazzolla.

 

A technical hitch in the studio tonight meant
that the first broadcast did not go ahead as planned.

I do apologise for that, and hope that you will join me
at 11pm next Thursday 11 August.