This week's traditional tanda is a super fun set of tangos by Edgardo Donato with Horacio Lagos singing. This is one of my favorite tandas to dance to and it is perfect for canyengue.
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This week's traditional tanda is an elegant and dramatic set of tangos by Carlos di Sarli. The last few weeks, we have focused on more rhythmic tangos, so this week I wanted to slow things down. These are slightly after the Golden Age of Tango, but still very danceable. I love all of these songs, but Indio Manso and Hasta Siempre Amor are two of my all time favorite tangos. It is unusual to mix instrumental tangos with tangos with singing in the same tanda, but like any rule it is there to be broken in the right circumstances. Also, the other tangos sung by Horacio Casares are not so good for dancing, so it would be impossible to make a tanda of tangos with him singing.
This week's traditional tanda is a rhythmic set of tangos by Enrique Rodríguez with Roberto Flores singing. Last week I featured a set of Vals and a set of Fox Trot-Milongas by Rodriguez, so I figured we would go one more and feature some of his rhythmic tangos. Also, I played this tanda this weekend at Milonga Plaka and it was a success.
This alternative tanda is a fun set of Fox Trots by Enrique Rodríguez. The rhythm is similar to that of milonga. See below for some dance interpretations of La Colegiala.
This week's traditional tanda is a fun set of vals by Enrique Rodríguez and Angel Condercuri. This set is always a crowd pleaser. It is just incredibly happy and fun. I usually play 3 vals, so I play the first two and then pick between the last two depending on my mood.
Tengo Mil Novias (I Have a Thousand Girlfriends/Brides) is about a guy that can't settle down because he loves all the women, blondes, brunettes, etc. Isabelita is about a beautiful porteña. "Estas Chicas se quieren Casar" translates to "all these girls want to get married." Fru-Fru is actually a classic French Chanson titled Frou-Frou and is, if I am understanding the translation correctly, about how women in skirts are much better than women wearing pants. Frou-Frou is the sound that a woman's skirt makes when it rustles.
This week's traditional tanda is a set of classic instrumentals by Aníbal Troilo.
Please feel free to download and use as you will. Here are some of the collections: Beatles, Funk, Disco, Jazz, Lounge, Swing.
I usually start the evening off with Jazz standards, Lounge and Rock and Roll classics.. then as the night progresses, I move more into Funk and Disco. I also start off with shorter cortinas at the beginning of the evening, since there are fewer people to exit the dance floor, then I progress to longer cortinas as the floor becomes more crowded.
To download: Right mouse click on link and choose "Save Link As"
Beatles Collection - Download here
Rolling Stones Collection - Download here
Classic Rock Collection - Download here
Disco Collection - Download here
Funk Collection - Download here
Jazz Collection - Download here
Lounge Collection - Download here
Swing Collection - Download here
Halloween Collection - Download here
80s Collection - Download here
This week's traditional tanda is a beautiful set by Miguel Caló with Raúl Berón singing.
This weeks alternative tanda is an electronic set by Gotan Project and Tanghetto.
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This weeks tanda is a spirited set by Juan D'Arienzo with Alberto Echagüe singing.
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