Radio Shows: 2006/2007

No	Show Description	Aired	Comment
[40]	Detour from Argentine tango: Stradivari's cellos & Tourte's bows There is not much cello in Argentine tango (except for Le Grand Tango). Regardless of that, I decided to make a short sentimental detour into the past centuries and to talk about my childhood memories of a cello, the prolific genius of violin- and cello-making Antonio Stradivari and the equally great bow-maker Francois Tourte.	12/22/07	History of cello and cello making. The history of a cello bow. Violinmaking. Stradivari, violin maker. The Cremona dynasties. Amati. Guarneri. Tourte, bow maker. the Piatti. The Davidov. Bach. Yo-yo Ma on bow making. Carlos Prieto - the Adventures of a Cello. Bachiana Brasileira
[39]	Understanding the tango genius of Astor Piazzolla Why Astor Piazzolla is the most prominent innovator of Argentine tango of the 20th century? Listen to Osvaldo Golijov, Yo-yo Ma and Carlos Prieto talking about Piazzolla's genuis. Important piece of tango nuevo: Le Grand Tango for cello.	12/08/07	Argentine tango;tango nuevo;Astor Piazzolla;connection to Bach;history of Le Grand Tango;Prieto;Yo-yo Ma;Osvaldo Golijov;Octavio Brunetti
[38]	Max Valentinuzzi: the brief history of Argentine tango (2 shows) Max played piano with tango bands in Buenos Aires from 1946 to 1956, while studying engineering. Although he had a very busy academic career, he never forgot about his early passion - Argentine tango. This lecture on history of tango was given in St. Paul, MN and recorded by Bob Barnes (the leader of Mandragora Tango Orch.)	11/17/07 11/10/07	Argentine tango;history of music;Max Valentinuzzi;El Choclo;El Lloron;La Bordona;Julian;Alma de Bohemio;Ataniche;Don Juan;Los Moreados;Taquito Militar;Yuyo Verde;Recuerdo;Tango Triste;Responso;Osvaldo Pugliese;Astor Piazzolla meets Carlos Gardel;Julian Plaza;Mariano Mores;Emilio Balcarce;Roberto Firpo;Anibal Troilo;Osvaldo Piro;
[37]	Milonga Etiquette A crash ( or a refresher) course on what is OK (and not OK) at a milonga. Written by Lorie Coyle of Tango Hop in Media, PA. Cool music played between the "chapters".	11/03/07	Argentine tango; socual norms on the dance floor. Rules of milonga.
[36]	Max Valentinuzzi: playing piano in tango bands of the Golden Age Max Valentinuzzi was born in 1932. For 10 years - from 1946 to 1956 - he played piano for the various bands (mostly tango) in Buenos Aires. Bob Barnes of Mandragora Tango Orchestra recorded the interviews with Max. Max's story is not only about tango. It is an inseparable mix of musical, personal & historical perspectives from the mid-1940s to the modern days.	10/27/07	Argentine tango. Golden Age. Lalo Schifrin.Disappered.
[35]	Brief literary tour round Borges' Buenos Aires A literary tour of Borges' Buenos Aires with the fictional tourists, as it described in Tango Singer by Tomas Elroy Martinez. Side attractions include : Borges' sad love life; the madness of Buenos Aires' founders.	10/13/07	Jorge Luis Borges;Estela Canto;Borges' love story;Aleph;Carlos Gardel;Juan Domingo Peron;Tomas Eloy Martinez;tango in 1940s;novel Tango Singer
[34]	Tango No 9 CD release; Young Argentine Musicians Tango No 9 (San Francisco) released their 3rd CD of eclectic tango music. The Argentines might frown, but we, the Gringos, like mix-and-match tango! To be fair to Buenos Aires, it still produces great musicians. Check out the guitar trio Fierro Chifle &, of course, the young quintet which accompanies Tango Buenos Aires Show in Portsmouth, NH on 18.10.07.	10/06/07	Argentine tango
[33]	More notes on tango & middle aged women This time Maddy Gersh apprears with her essay "Fun of Being Middle Aged". Really, it is not that bad. I added my piece of pop-sociology to Maddy's writings, because, surprisingly, the dance floor (tango or not) would have had hard times to survive without the middle-aged gals.	09/29/07	Argentine tango.Fun of being middle aged tango dancer.
[32]	Maddy Gersh: notes on tango & middle age Maddy Gersh is a tango dancer from Boston, MA. She visited Buenos Aires and she would like to tell you that it is a tough day in BsAs if you are not young and beautiful anymore. However, Maddy has the great sense of humor and the mature perspective about her BsAs experiences. After all, middle age has its own lovely moments.	09/22/07	Argentine tango. Buenos Aires. Milonga. Tango travel. Personal experience. Middle age. Women in tango.
[31]	Rob Connaire: Tango Rants My friend Rob Connaire, an amateur tango singer & an event organizer from PA, stopped by WSCA studio and recorded the essay on music and dancing. Check out the music selection - expand your horizons! (I did.)	09/08/07 12/15/07	Argentine tango;Rob Connaire;poetry;dancing;why man dance;Rob Connaire;Piazzolla;Jose Cura;Bernardo Monk;12 tangos;Lidia Borda;Lidia Caminska;Hector del Curto;Gidon Kremer;Musamitango;Luis Borda;teaching tango;Roberto Rufino;tango activist;organizer
[30]	Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) and Tango The literary heritage of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the greatest poets and writers of the 20th century, includes essays about tango and tango/milonga poetry, including the pieces produced with Astor Piazzolla.	08/25/07	Argentine tango;tango poetry;Borges;Piazzolla;Jacinto Chiclana;For Six Strings;Borges and blindness;Borges' milongas
[29]	Lori Coyle and Tango Hop: what does it take to start a tango studio Can you put all your life savings into setting up the tango studio? Not many can do. It takes conviction and imagination. This is the inspiring story of Lori, who runs Tango Hop studio in Media, PA. At times, it is a very private story.	08/11/07	Argentine tango;Media, PA;Tango Hop;Lori Coyle;happiness in tango;tango as a community;setting up a dance studio; tango in Philly;tango in Pennsylvannia
[28]	Business trip, tanguero style If tangueros go on business trip, they never spend their evenings spread across the bed in front of TV. They dance. Even if the trip is half way across the globe. Meet Jakub Ratajczak from Warsaw, Poland, who came as a businessman for 2 weeks to Portland, ME. You will find out about the tango explosion in Poland from this wonderful Polish tanguero.	08/04/07	Argentine tango;Poland;Warsaw;Jakub Ratajczak;tango history in Poland;learn;tango customs
[27]	Enrique Santos Discepolo (1901-1951) Enrique Discepolo is still one of the most significant tango poets. He left the small body of work (42), but some of his tango songs, like "Cambalache", are cultural treasures.	07/28/07	Argentine tango;tango poet;Enrique Santos Discepolo;Eva Peron;Juan Peron;peronism;tango poetry;Uno;Yira Yira;Carlos Gardel;Jose Razzano;Uno;Secreto;Cambalache;Argentina in 1930s
[26]	Voices of Philly Tango I drove to Philly with my kids at the end of July and took my new toy - a Marantz recorder. This is a memento of trip with valuable lessons learned. Also, Philly dancers talk about how they came to tango and what it means for them.	07/14/07	Argentine tango;tango community;why people dance tango;learning mistakes;Lori Coyle;Carlos Douris;Collegeville tango;Tango Hop; tango in Philadelphia
[25]	Tango-ing in New Zealand. The tale of love, loss and closure. Essay "Tango-in Down Under" by Candy Green, an American who immigrated to New Zealand. Wise, heart-breaking, optimistic.	06/23/07	Argentine tango. Middle age. Death of spouse. Closure. Motivations to dance Argentine tango.Personal story.
[24]	What the people know about Argentine tango? What the non-tango world knows about tango? I took a portable recorder at the radio station and went downtown Portsmouth to ask 25 randomly selected people. Came out really funny!	07/??/07	Argentine tango;Portsmouth;Shawny Crugue;Marilyn's Men;Chris Tian;Lalo Schifrin;Robert Duvall;Assassination Tango;Scent of the Woman;Al Pachino
[23]	Evita Who was Eva Peron? Saint of whore? Where her myth came from? Evita's story (with a tango twist), the reminiscences of the people who lived in Peronist Argentina (in their own voices) and to the excerpts from "Santa Evita" by Tomas Eloy Martinez. Interesting additional tracks.	06/??/07	Eva Peron;Juan Domingo Peron;Evita;Argentine tango;Agustin Magaldi;Libertad Lamarque;Madraselva;Nelly Omar;Tomas Eloy Martinez;Peron era;Peronism;courtesan;Pamela Harriman;tango in Peronist Argentina
[22]	How People Dance This program is not about tango per se. It is about six key principles of movement with ease and grace learned from professionals.	06/02/07	social dancing;principles of movement;mind-body connection;centering;balance;alignment;Sandra Minton;Adriana Salgado Neira;Orlando Reyes Ibarra
[21]	Juan Carlos Cobián (1896-1953) Avant-gard composer of Guardia Vieja ("Los Mareados", "Mi Refugio", "El Motivo", "Nostalgias").	05/25/07	Juan Carlos Cobián;Enrique Cadicamo;Argentine tango;Shusheta;Mi Refugio;Nostalgias;Los Mareados;El Motivo
[20]	Magic Moments ...on and off dance floor. Mini-stories accompanied by memorable tangos	05/18/07	Argentine tango;Javier Roschwarger;Portland, Maine;Mandragora Tango Orchestra;magic of dancing
[19]	Sonia Abadi - Milonga Observations Who are the people who dance tango, really? Sonia Abadi lives, works and dances in Buenos Aires. Recently a book of her essays on tango "Tango Scene: Swing In" was published in English. Here some of the insightful excerpts from this book.	05/12/07	Argentine tango;Sonia Abadi;Tango Scene Swing In;observations;dancers;psychology of social tango dancing;games
[18]	Emma's Buenos Aires Diary In February 2007 Emma, a tanguera from Portland, ME, wrote very interesting dispatches from Buenos Aires to her friends via e-mail. Now she reads her observations about tango dancing, dining and people in BsAs.	05/05/07	Emma Holder;traveling;Buenos Aires;milonga;dancing;Argentine tango;ice cream;sightseeing;Argentine customs;economic conditions in Argentina
[17]	Mandragora Tango Orchestra Yes, they do play tango (and more!) in Minnesota! And it is excellent. Mandragora played at Tango Paradiso on May 5, 2007. Tango fusion Ozomatli, Celentano, Tangarte and Quadro Nuevo. Listen about unusual fusion of tango and other genres. Cool songs!	04/28/07	Argentine tango. Mandragora, Tangarte, Quatro Nuevo, Celentano
[16]	Gallery of irrelevant tango objects The marketing people LOVE word 'tango'. They will stick it just about on anything. This segment is about some marketing bloopers.	04/21/07	Marketing bloopers in Argentine tango
[15]	The History of Finnish Tango The Finns love tango. Their tangos are GORGEOUS! Hear the brief history how the tango was "finlandized".	04/21/07	Argentine tango;Finnish Tango;Toivo Karki;Uno Montonen;Kangastus;Rose of Kotka;the history of
[14]	Alterna-tango! Played songs from Favorites of Alterna-tango list.	04/14/07	Argentine tango
[13]	More Histories of Old Tangos! El Choclo and its charming author (03/30/07) La Paloma and the curious travels of habanera (03/30/07) Caminito: one tango, two streets (04/06/07)	04/06/07 03/30/07	Argentine tango;Caminito;La Paloma;habanera;Kiss of fire;El Choclo;El Irresistable;La Payanca;El Cabure;El Pollo Ricardo;La Cara de la luna;El Esquinazo;Lorenzo Logatti;Campoamor;Villoldo;de Bassi;Fernandez;Filiberto
[12]	The Histories of Old Tangos The fascinating stories of the old tangos written at the turn of the 20th century - El Irresistable, La Payanca, El Cabure, El Pollo Ricardo, La Cara de la luna, El Esquinazo.	03/24/07	Argentine tango;El Irresistable;La Payanca;El Cabure;El Pollo Ricardo;La Cara de la luna;El Esquinazo;Lorenzo Logatti;Campoamor;Villoldo;de Bassi;Fernandez;
[11]	Argentinos and Americanos Classic Culture Clash on dance floor - from the essay "Latinos and Americanos" by Irene Thomas and Larry Sawyer with my comments. Music: Pancho Navarro and Tito Castro.	03/17/07	Argentine Tango;Buenos Aires;Argentina;Irene Thomas;Larry Sawyer;Temptation to Tango;culture clash;cultural difference;teaching style;learning tango
[10]	Tango as a Community Tango is not only a dance. It is a community of people much like a church community. In this program I read my own old and new observations on tango dancers as a community and added quite a few very deep insights on community organizing from Rick Warren, a founder of Saddleback Church in California, the fastest growing church in US.	03/03/07	Argentine tango;tango history;leadership;organizing dance community;hosting milonga;Rick Warren;milonga in Boston;milonga in Philadelphia; milonga review
[9]	"For Francisco Canaro there was no decline or fall" Francisco Canaro - a violinist, a bandleader, a composer, a producer, a businessman - belonged to the Old Guard generation of the tango musicians.	03/03/07	Argentine tango;Francisco Canaro;Old Guard;Vincente Greco;Ada Falcon;Rosita Quiroga;Carlos Gardel;Quinteto Pirincho;tango in 1930s;Argentine tango in Paris;Don Juan;Pinta Brava;Malandrin;Adios Juventud;Francia;Corazon del oro;Las vueltas de la vida;Boedo;Milongon;Madreselva
[8]	The life and tangos of Eduardo Arolas (1892-1924) Arolas has a short, tortured, bohemian life - just 32 years - but he wrote many tangos which have become classics (Una noche de garufa, Retintin, Maipo, Comme Il Faut)	02/17/07	Eduardo Arolas;Argentine tango;immigration to Buenos Aires; Una noche de garufa;Vivorita;Retintin;El Chanar;Maipo;Rawson;Adios Buenos Aires;La Cachila;tango 1900-1920s;Juan Cobian;Francisco Canaro;Montevideo;Roberto Firpo;Leopold Thompson;Buenos Aires cabarets;Armenonville;Augustin Bardi;Ernesto Ponzio;Ciriaco Ortiz;Juan d'Arienzio
[7]	The story of Narcotango Carlos Libedinski released his ground-breaking tango electronica album Narcotango in 2002. But it was not a simple project...	02/10/07	Argentine tango;tango electronica;Carlos Libedinski;Narcotango;Narcotango2;Plano Seguencia;Mejor Asi;Otra Luna;Sarasa;Tom Waits
[6]	How one man started dancing tango Why some men dance? In particular, why do they dance tango? Tom Jenkins, a tango enthusiast and a teacher, shares his story...	02/10/07	Argentine tango;Tom Jenkins personal story;why men dance tango;motivation to dance;healing depression;midlife crisis;why men dance
[5]	Of tango, fears, sensuality and turning big 5-O. In two essays, Jackie Ling Wong shares her thoughts on dancing and turning 50...	02/10/07	Argentine tango;dance;Buenos Aires;travel;dancing at milonga;middle age;fear of rejection;sensuality;youth as precious commodity
[4]	Roberto Firpo: Old Guard bandleader and composer Roberto Firpo (1884-1969) was a tango pianist, bandleader and composer of the first generation of tango orchestras... A short history of La Cumparsita.	01/28/07	Argentine tango;Roberto Firpo;Pena Mulata;De pura cepa;Alma de Bohemio;history of La Cumparsita;El Amanecer;Horacio Salgan; Orchesta Tipica RCA Victor;Guardia Vieja;first piano in tango;tango pianist
[3]	Tango Musings, Feb 1, 2007 (with great music, of course) Musing #1: do they call tango "a 3-min love affair"? Musing #2: We perceive tango differently when we watch the people dance it and when we look at the still images of tango...	02/03/07	Argentine tango;tango history;photography;tango artists;music;three minute love affair;why tango is 3 minutes long;photographing dancers;painting;Cameron Bennett
[2]	Horacio Salgán: the last of the greatest tango maestros of the 20th century The history has it, that Astor Piazzolla nearly gave up tango because of Horacio Salgán...	01/28/07	Horacio Salgan; Horacio Salgán; Argentine tango 1950s;Argentine tango 1960s; Argentine tango 1970s;La llamó silbando; Quinteto Real; A Fuego Lento; Don Agustin Bardi; Don Goyo; Comme Il Fault; Eduardo Arolas; Carlos Saura; Ubaldo De Lio; Astor Piazzolla;Ella Fitzgerald;Norman Granz
[1]	Don Beto: his city, his women and his tangos Who were the first men and women who danced tango? What Buenos Aires was like when they lived and danced there? The program is based on Marta Savigliano's essay about her paternal grandfather...	not aired	Argentine Tango;Savigliano;Don Beto;Buenos Aires;underworld;chinitero;arrabalero;Buenos Aires brothel;Si Soy Asi;Si soy así;Charlo;Francisco Lomuto;Malevaje;Yira...Yira;Juan Maggio;Alberto Castillo;Muneca Brava;Champagne Tango;Mi Noche Triste;Carlos Gardel;Yira...Yira;Francisco Canaro

Radio Shows: 2006/2007

Max Valentinuzzi: the brief history of Argentine tango (2 shows)

Alterna-tango!

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