Tango Fiesta

[MadamSamba]

I just stumbled across this fabulous CD, Tango Fiesta. (http://www.tangofiesta.com/)

Only snippets of each track on the album are available, but it's enough to draw you in. The music is gorgeous, a fabulous, relatively modern fusion of all sorts of stuff, underpinned by the unmistakable, irrepressible tango beat.

It's a compilation by musicians from across the world, each of whom brings their own "flavour" to traditional tango.

There's a review here. (http://www.culturedose.net/review.php?rid=10005160) The composer Gus Flaherty is a genius.

[MadamSamba]

C'mon, folks...surely someone checked it out... :lol:

[Genesius Redux]

Well, what a lovely way to begin my morning, MS. Thank you.

The guy does have a subtle ear for regional music, doesn't he? For the first and last, "Carino" and "Jamais Sans Vous," I'd almost do a bolero. The title of the last--with its formal "vous"--is almost achingly poignant.

"Moonlight Tango" deserves a whole big band behind it, and "Sempre Nel Mio Cuore" could benefit from a good Italian tenor. But yeah, great CD!

It's so nice to hear good tango music rather than cheesy potted tunes for ballroom practice. I think I mentioned a while ago that the first studio I danced at had a live band every Friday night. And these guys would play "Black Orpheus" as a tango, with the (bad rock and roll trained) drummer beating out a tango basic on the snares. Abomination before the Lord.

This CD was a nice to listen to this morning. But now I don't want to go teach.

Cheers,

Genesius

[JonD]

That's great - a nice range of moods. I've emailed to see if it is being distributed in the UK. Thanks for telling us about it

Jon

[pygmalion]

I gave it a listen as well (after I uninstalled a firewall program that was preventing me from getting viruses and doing anything fun. :x )

Very nice selection. Tastefully done. 8)

[MadamSamba]

Phew, was starting to feel unloved. :) Nah...seriously, it's a fabulously "different" compilation. I love modern takes on traditional music, beats and dances... the tango being probably the most recognisable.

[Genesius Redux]

Phew, was starting to feel unloved. :)

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[bordertangoman]

That's great - a nice range of moods. I've emailed to see if it is being distributed in the UK. Thanks for telling us about it

Jon

Jon did you find out if its available in the uk?

[pygmalion]

It's probably worth a google search. Or is there a UK-based equivalent? I ran across an ebay-like UK site a while ago -- you know, online auctions, but I haven't seen many UK-based vendors pop up in froogle. Hmm.