16 episodes
Tango Profiles Adam Tully
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- Society & Culture
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5.0 • 10 Ratings
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ep 111 - Anselmo Aieta (placeholder)
Year-end update...full episode coming soon...
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Ep 110 - José Dames (placeholder)
Update on 2017...full episode coming soon...
Customer Reviews
Learned a lot
Great show and helped me learn so much. Hopefully Adam can find time to make some more episodes
Tango Profiles
These podcast episodes are short and to the point. They do a nice job of keeping a balance of biographical information, context, and music.
You can always jump ahead to your favorite musicians, but they are short, so it's worth your time to work through the whole series.
Great!!!
Great music and fascinating inside scoop on tango history and composers. Adam Tully is very knowledgeable and passionate about his subject.