James organized his last pre-Buenos Aires milonga in Café Greenwich. While he is on a 2-month pilgrimage to tango Walhalla, Dirk is taking over the next two Greenwich milongas. Last saturday’s milonga only stopped at 3AM but it still seemed way too early.
Monthly Archive for October, 2007
Even as a seasoned dancer, discovering tango music and its performers can be a daunting adventure. If you hear tango DJs talk, they seem to have this vast knowledge of composers, orchestras and individual singers with detailed preferences for specific years and recording sessions. Where does a beginning lover of tango music start? And which CDs can you buy to start a (modest) collection?
Stephen and Susan Brown from TejasTango have written a nice article about where tango dancers can start learning and collecting music (just one tip: start with Di Sarli). They recommend the following records:
- Francisco Canaro: La Melodia de Nuestro Adios / Las Grandes Orquestas del Tango
- Miguel Caló: Yo Soy el Tango
- Carlos Di Sarli: Instrumental Vol. 1 / RCA Victor 100 Años / Instrumental / Sus Primeros Exitos, vol.1 (c. Roberto Rufino)
- Juan D’Arienzo: El Rey del Compas / Sus Primeros Exitos, vol. 1 / Sus Primeros Exitos, vol. 2
- Anibal Troilo: Instrumental / Troilo/Fiorentino / El Inmortal Pichuco
- Ricardo Tanturi con Alberto Castillo: Tanturi/Castillo / Tangos de mi Ciudad / El Tango es el Tango
- Alfredo De Angelis: From Argentina to the World / Instrumentales Inolvidables
- Osvaldo Pugliese: Ausencia / Instrumentales Inolvidables
- Rodolfo Biagi: Sus Exitos con Falgas y Ibanez / Campo Afuera
Continue reading ‘The first records in your tango collection’
For those who want to check the Milonga tango agenda “right here right now”, even when they’re not at a computer, I have developed the Milonga Mobile Agenda. Just take a GSM, PDS, iPod or other device with wireless Internet access, and go to m.milonga.be. The web page is made especially for small windows and a slow connection.
When would you use this: imagine someone tells you about a workshop the next day (”In Ghent somewhere, but I’m not sure how late”), or a milonga (”Wait, is it Tangueria or Cellule tomorrow?”), then you can check within the minute the details of the event. How nice is that?
Some more examples on phones:
Continue reading ‘m.milonga.be: mobile tango agenda’
Thanks to Maria Agustina, we finally have some video footage of the Mundial del Tango semi-finals that took place in Buenos Aires some months ago.
The Youtube videos feature, if you look very closely, Nathalie and Andres who represented Belgium, both wearing black (or at least something seemingly dark).
Continue reading ‘Video: Nathalie & Andres @ Mundial del Tango’
Wonderful autumn weather, a friendly crowd and some nice empanadas, this is what welcomed us at Theresa’s Salon du Dieweg this Sunday.
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