As a DJ, I occasionally look for rarely played orchestras, and in this search I had the opportunity to discover the orchestra of [name of orchestra], which certainly does not belong to the mainstream. Ifand Maria Lucchesi to stumble upon, … Continue reading →

The first tango musicians at the beginning of the 20th century were amateur musicians without formal musical training (including Vicente Greco, Juan Maglio, Eduardo Arolas, and Angel Gregorio Villoldo), some of whom played in the tradition of the payadores, the … Continue reading →

Rafael Canaro was born on June 22, 1890 in San Jose de Mayo, Uruguay, as the brother of Francisco Canaro (Francisco had two other brothers besides him, Luis and Mario, all of whom were tango musicians) [1]. In 1925, he … Continue reading →

Francisco Canaro wasn’t just the King of Tango; with his second nickname, ‘El Kayser,’ he was called the Emperor of Tango. Why? Let’s listen to his great tangos and take a look at his biography..