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The name of Juanjo Dominguez comes on the top of the list if you ask any person knowledgeable about the tango guitar.
The album featured here, Corazon Guitarrero, are all Gardel's tangos.
The interpretations are very elegant.

Another great 2-CD series, which I love is Mi Tangos Preferidos.

Once in a while I put the pieces from
Mi Tango Preferidos for my friends. The invariable response after a few minutes is: "Oh, this sounds great. Who is this?!"

I am pretty sure that the most of the tango dancers are familiar with the sound of Juanjo Dominguez: he played Nostalgias on soundtrack to movie Tango.

While I am awaiting the movie
12 tangos: Adios Buenos Aires
with impatience, I would like to recommend you the soundtrack to this movie.

The word to describe it: SUPER COOL.

The most of the pieces are traditional Argentine tango, but the arrangements are very modern.

The musical director is guitarist Luis Borda. Jose "Pepe" Libertella (of legendary Sexteto Mayor) and two tango divas Maria de Fuente and Lidia Borda are appearing on it with other great tango names.

EVENTS :: MUSIC :: BOOKS :: MOVIES

Bernardo Monk Tango Quartet:
FAREWELL CONCERT
Friday, October 31st, 2008 7:30 pm
Regattabar at Charles Hotel
One Bennet Str., Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
This talented musician will appear for the last time in Boston with a great line-up: Octavio Brunetti (piano), Paula Majerfeld (violin), Petro Girardo (double bass).
I should acknowledge my own debt to Bernardo: he shared his great knowledge of the tango music generously.
Tickets: $18, reserve via internet or 617-395-7757

Documentary screening: Our Disappeared
by Juan Mandelbaum in Boston, MA
Oct: 16, 18, 19, 26 and Nov 1
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA: Reservations
After learning that Patricia, a long lost girlfriend from Argentina, is among the thousands who "disappeared" during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, director Juan Mandelbaum embarks on a journey to find out what happened to her and others he knew.

Brian Winter
Long After Midnight
at the Niño Bien:
A Yanquis Missteps in Argentina

Do-not-put-it-down traveloque about Argentina and tango. The book is the intertwined history of Argentina and its tango, told from the perspective of a Yanqui, who was very much in love with Argentina, its enigmas and its tango. Listen to the interview.

Tomas Eloy Martinez
Tango Singer
by Tomas Eloy Martinez The fascinating tour through the history of Argentina, Buenos Aires and, of course, Argentine tango.

Listen the show.

Finally available in English! Adios Buenos Aires: 12 tangos

The independent German producer Arne Birkenstock made a documentary about the Argentine tango. Recently Arne wrote me about his 2005 documentary:

The film portrays several tangueros and their personal history with economic crisis and immigration. These daily life scenes are mixed with dance and music scenes from “La Catedral” where we assembled a marvelous all-star orchestra with Pepe Libertella, Luis Borda, Pablo Mainetti, Lidia Borda, Jorge Sobral, Maria de la Fuente and others. The film includes some of the last moving pictures taken as well from Pepe as from Jorgen Sobral.