Tango Is Alive! | Reviews

Let's have a look at a new album by the Dutch tango ensemble Walton/van Duinen.

Tango Gitano brings the smaller version of Roulotte to the stage, and maybe the expansive orchestral sound of "El Siguiente" and "Muñeca mecánica" is never coming back. Rather than do covers, this time they deliver a fresh batch of tangos penned by the band-leader Gaspar Pocai.

It's not every day that I learn about a new band that plays for dancers, and today I have. Let's have a listen!

The latest contribution to the Global Tango Happiness Index (GTHI) is called Valses and it was published by Romantica Milonguera in February 2022.

Solo Tango Orquesta heard my pleas and released their earlier reportoire on Bandcamp - hurray!

A new live album by Solo Tango Orquesta just came out. Have a listen!

It's easy to find modern covers of the better known hits of Juan D'Arienzo - primarily from his Golden Age era. His career spanned three additional decades, however, and the new album by Los Herederos del Compás contains several songs you have probably never heard in their original form. Plus a few new ones!

Look at that: Osvaldo Fresedo got the Andariega treatment! How did it go? Come find out!

Hear, hear: the Cachivaches are back, this time with an album filled with vocals!

Finnish tango is a known quantity, albeit somewhat exotic. Have you heard about Danish tango, though? No? Here's your chance.