Tango Profiles

Adam Tully
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Tango Profiles Podcast

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 tango. Adam Tully produces and hosts Tango Profiles from Buenos Aires. These audio essays have appeared on The Death of Tango, a radio show on WPRB Princeton, and are being released in podcast form starting in 2017.

  1. Ep 203 Enrique Santos Discépolo

    29/03/2018

    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, injecting a healthy dose of porteño philosophy. Theatrical and literary, he was also sarcastic, quick-witted, and able to capture porteño pessimism using slang, highbrow references, and a dose of humor.

    24 min
  2. Ep 201 - Osvaldo Fresedo

    25/01/2018

    Ep 201 - Osvaldo Fresedo

    Osvaldo Fresedo was an orchestra leader, bandoneonist, and composer of tango classics like Vida mía. His career spanned the early, middle, and golden ages of tango, and he was a protagonist in a couple of unusual tango stories.

    12 min
  3. Ep 200 - Intro

    25/01/2018

    Ep 200 - Intro

    We have a great season ahead! It´s going to be a year of pairs.

    1 min
  4. Ep 112 - Carlos Gardel

    31/12/2017

    Ep 112 - Carlos Gardel

    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 composer of many of tango's greatest hits, and he was a folk singer who recorded hundreds of songs with this guitarists.

    12 min
  5. Ep 111 - Anselmo Aieta (placeholder)

    31/12/2017

    Ep 111 - Anselmo Aieta (placeholder)

    Year-end update...full episode coming soon...

    1 min
  6. Ep 110 - José Dames (placeholder)

    31/12/2017

    Ep 110 - José Dames (placeholder)

    Update on 2017...full episode coming soon...

    1 min
  7. Ep 109 - Eduardo Arolas

    20/09/2017

    Ep 109 - Eduardo Arolas

    Eduardo Arolas is one of the most important composers from the very earliest days of tango. His music, however, sounds years ahead of its time even though he wrote most of it before 1917. In this episode we do some listening and compare old and new recordings from his amazing catalog.

    17 min
  8. Ep 108 - Lucio Demare

    24/08/2017

    Ep 108 - Lucio Demare

    Lucio Demare is one of the great composers and proponents of tango, lush and expressive in style. In addition to penning the classic 'Malena' he got his professional start at a very young age, doing a particular job that was common in the early 20th century.

    7 min
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About

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 tango. Adam Tully produces and hosts Tango Profiles from Buenos Aires. These audio essays have appeared on The Death of Tango, a radio show on WPRB Princeton, and are being released in podcast form starting in 2017.

Information

  • Creator
    Adam Tully
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2018
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Tango Profiles

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