Artist: Juan D’Arienzo
Description: Tango orchestra leader and composer. Great rhythm orchestra leader who changes the tango rhythms to a 2-4 and brings the portenos by the masses to the dance floor.
Hear it: “Radio Tango Pittsburgh” Mondays at 3 p.m.
Playlist:
“Milonga vieja Milonga Milonga”
“El Esquinazo”
“Silueta Portena”
“La Viruta”
“El Flete”
“Retintin”
“Francia”
“Orillias del Plata”
“Pasion”
Artist: Francisco Canaro
Description: Tango orchestra leader and composer. Is said to have written over 5000 tangos and over 4000 recordings of tango music. Tireless promoter of tango in South America and Europe.
Hear it: “Radio Tango Pittsburgh” Mondays at 3 p.m.
Playlist:
“Larga las penas”
“Milonga Criolla”
“Silueta portena”
“Invierno”
“Nada mas”
“Poema”
“Noches de Amor”
“Corazon de Oro”
“Ronda del Querer”
Artist: Connan Mockasin
Description: Psychedelic pop, New Zealand, toured with Radiohead in 2012, has collaborated with Fat Boy Slim
Playlist:
“Faking Jazz Together” from Please Turn Me Into the Snat
“Muss” from Please Turn Me Into the Snat
“Forever Dolphin Love” from Please Turn Me Into the Snat
“Megumi The Milky Way Above” from Please Turn Me Into the Snat
“Please Turn Me Into a Snat” from Please Turn Me Into the Snat
“Its Choade My Dear” from Please Turn Me Into the Snat