While in BsAs at a group class the instructor asked the group: Why dance? And people put forward their various reasons. I answered: “Por alegria y senoritas” – my honest response. That was, in fact, well received. It so happens as one gets deeper [...]
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Joy!
Posted in Music, Observations on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Memories…
Posted in Music on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A chance find on youtube reveals this piece by tangophobia. It brings happy memories to the fore; of practicing ochos some 18 months ago as a struggling beginner trying to make the jump forward. To this very music. In Buenos Aires.
Versions of “Tango to Evora”
Posted in Music on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve heard more than one version of Lorena McKinnett’s Tango to Evora; both lyrical and instrumental. A little poking around helped me get a better handle on this lovely piece.
Here are the lyrics for the Greek version, which is often heard in non-traditional music venues. Here it is at youtube. [...]
All my tears
Posted in Music on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All my tears (be washed away) by Selah. I have previously identified a few works by John Michael Talbot as examples of explicitly Christian music suitable for vals and tango. There I offer something that is beyond suitable and could be called “ideal.” Something worth dancing about.
Tango guitar
Posted in Music on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the pleasure this past weekend of hearing Cem Duruoz, a Turkish classical guitarist in concert, part of whose corpus of work including the trans-notation into guitar various classical tango pieces. Most excellent.
Country boy..
Posted in Music, Observations on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am, at heart, a well-read and well-travelled hillbilly from a two-blinker town in rural Michigan. Thus it is no surprise to me that I should think it just a swell idea to tango milonga style to American country/western music. I’m not the only good-ole boy around who thinks [...]
Greek tango
Posted in Music on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nearly a year ago I got this CD but only recently have actually gotten around to listening to it. I love track 7, “Gia ligo” – very techno and very classical all at once. The youtube link is of poor quality, but you can “hear” what I like about it.
Tango Radio
Posted in Music on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found this link on Christmas Eve looking for music on-line — streaming tango music from the headwaters of tango, Argentina. Enjoy.
Russian tango music
Posted in Music on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found this while looking for something else.
Meet in the middle..
Posted in Music, milonga on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yet another piece from American country music suitable for tango — this piece for a slow milonga-style.
