
Ep 203 Enrique Santos Discépolo
For the first time we're looking at a lyricist (who was also a composer). E.S. Discépolo shaped the tango songbook in a significant way, inj...
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Tango Profiles is a monthly podcast that tells the story of each of the most important composers in the history of Tango. The idea is to put faces to the names of the people who created tang...

For the first time we're looking at a lyricist (who was also a composer). E.S. Discépolo shaped the tango songbook in a significant way, inj...

Osvaldo Fresedo was an orchestra leader, bandoneonist, and composer of tango classics like Vida mía. His career spanned the early, middle, a...

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Carlos Gardel is literally the face of tango, the most famous figure in the history of the music. More than a movie star, he was the compose...

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Eduardo Arolas is one of the most important composers from the very earliest days of tango. His music, however, sounds years ahead of its ti...

Lucio Demare is one of the great composers and proponents of tango, lush and expressive in style. In addition to penning the classic 'Malena...

Tango is Troilo and Troilo is tango. In this episode we give you five dimensions of the great Anibal "Pichuco" Troilo, five ways to think ab...

Horacio Salgán was one of the tango composers most beloved by musicians. He was an innovator who created a personal style that drew from gen...

In the 1920's tango had risen from low-class roots and become the music of the aristocracy in Buenos Aires. An elegant, tuxedoed Don Juan ap...

There are improbable stories in music history, unique examples of artists with very personal voices. In 1909 a young stage hand at an opera...

La cumparsita is 100 years old. Starting as a simple melody written by a student, it soon became a magnet for lyrics, new music, spoken word...
Angel Villoldo is considered to be the 'father of tango.' His song 'El choclo' from around 1903 is one of the most famous tangos in history,...

Carlos Di Sarli is one of the most beloved figures in the history of tango, but in the beginning he didn't have it easy. Listen to find out...

Welcome to Tango Profiles! This is a personal journey through tango history. I put a face to the name of each of the most important tango co...