Tango can not exist without fantasy
Antonio Gavrila is a 27-year-old pianist from Romania who is obsessed with the music of Astor Piazzolla, the person who invented nuevo tango in the 1950s by bringing improvisation, counterpoint and dissonance to the Argentine tango tradition. Gavrila went to Buenos Aires to record his first band album Tango Suite Buenos Aires with the members of Pablo Ziegler’s combo; Ziegler was Piazzolla’s long-time pianist.
You’ll hear the spectacular results on this week’s edition of Global A Go-Go, along with music by Piazzolla, Ziegler and Evan Lurie, the last of whom will be performing his nuevo tango compositions for the first time in 30 years at the Big Ears Festival this March.
Also this week (Sunday January 21, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): A whole lot of new music, including gnawa-rock from Kosmo Sound and Shay Hazan, the Afro sounds of Newen Afrobeat, Oliver Nayoka, Afriquoi and Adama Yalomba, a reggae remix of Marvin Gaye, Locobeach’s cumbia, Toco’s samba-soul and the Balkan and klezmer brass of Džambo Aguševi and Frank London.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/117227
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Show archive
Playlist
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global A Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Kosmo Sound, “Yomala (feat. Imane Guemssy)”
from Yomala (feat. Imane Guemssy) - Single
Zephyrus Records - 2023
Belgium-Morocco
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Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul, “Soudani Foulani”
from Gnawa Soul
Disques Nuits d'Afrique - 2022
Morocco-France-Israel
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Newen Afrobeat, “Grietas (feat Lido Pimienta)”
from Grietas (feat Lido Pimienta) - Single
Lichens Family - 2023
Chile-Colombia
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Oliver Nayoka, “Iyi Eri Oba”
from Iyi Eri Oba - Single
Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque - 2024
Nigeria
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Los Chicharrons, “Saramba's Song”
from Roots Of Life
Tummy Touch Records - 2011
Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark-Mali
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Zed Bias & Afriquoi, “Loco Niño”
from Loco Niño - Single
IFG Records - 2023
England UK-The Gambia-RD Congo
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Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston, “It Takes Two (Boomrush Backup remix)”
from It Takes Two (Boomrush Backup remix) - Single
Boomrush Productions - 2024
USA-Germany
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Evan Lurie, “The Spinster's Waltz”
from Selling Water By The Side Of The River
Antilles - 1990
USA-Argentina
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Antonio Gavrila, “Michelangelo 70 (feat. Walter Castro, Quique Sinesi & Horacio "Mono" Hurtado)”
from Tango Suite Buenos Aires (feat. Walter Castro, Quique Sinesi & Horacio Mono Hurtado)
Zoho - 2023
Romania-Argentina
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Džambo Aguševi Orchestra, “Kucheka Bum Bum”
Asphalt Tango Records - 2023
North Macedonia
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Boban & Marko Marković Orchestra vs. Fanfare Ciocărlia, “James Bond Theme”
from Balkan Brass Battle
Asphalt Tango Records - 2011
Serbia-Romania
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Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars, “GREEKZ (Yevonim)”
from Chronika
Borscht Beat - 2023
USA, 2008
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Boban & Marko Marković Orchestra, “Divlji Konj (Wild Horse)”
from Gipsy Manifesto
Piranha - 2013
Serbia