“EL FLACO” SPINETTA

Luis Alberto “El Flaco” Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012) was an Argentine musician. He was one of the most influential rock musicians of South America, and together with Charly García is considered the father of Argentine rock. He was born in Buenos Aires in the residential neighbourhood of Belgrano. As a kid he listened to all kinds of music: folklore and tango, and a little bit later, rock. In 1967, amidst the repressive political climate,

he formed a band called Almendra with school mates.

Contrasting with the backwards and authoritarian government of General Jan Carlos Onganía, Buenos Aires was undergoing a cultural blossoming based on new art expressions; the new generation, the sons of the middle class, were immersed in an effervescence that would not reappear in Argentina until 1983. Spinetta devoted himself fully to his music. In his lyrics, there are influences of writers, poets and artists like Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent van Gogh, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, Castaneda and Artaud, which has his name in the album Artaud.

 

On 23 December 2011 he published in the Twitter account of his son Dante that he was facing a lung cancer. He died on 8 February 2012 in his native Argentina, aged 62. Chau Flaco!

Dino Saluzzi – February 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

This absolutely amazing bandoneonist from Salta is honouring us with his presence this February. He is on a constant tour and it´s only occasionally that he plays here so this is a great chance!

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LA NEGRA SOSA

Haydée Mercedes Sosa (9 July 1935 – 4 October 2009), known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both Brazilians and Cubans. She was best known as the “voice of the voiceless ones”.

Sosa performed in venues such as the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Théatre Mogador in Paris and the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, as well as sell-out shows in New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Roman Coliseum during her final decade of life. Her career spanned four decades and she has been the recipient of several Grammy awards and nominations, including three nominations which will be decided posthumously. She served as an ambassador for UNICEF.

In this video she is singing “Sólo le pido a Dios” (one of the most beautiful songs ever) with León Gieco, its composer.

Sólo le pido a Dios – English subtitles.

 

LA COCA SARLI

Isabel Sarli (born July 9, 1935) is a retired Argentine actress, and model. She was a local sex-symbol of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Born Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo Tito in Entre Ríos Province, Sarli was nicknamed La Coca from early childhood. She was discovered by filmmaker Armando Bo when she became Miss Argentina in 1955, and she later married him and became the star of his films, starting with El Trueno entre las hojas in 1956. She became an international Latin American star, filming in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexici, Panama and Venezuela, and films like Fuego, and Fiebre (1970) reached the American and European markets.

Bo later insisted in casting her in naturalistic melodramas. After his death in 1981, Isabel Sarli retired from the cinema industry altogether but came back in the mid-nineties for Jorge Polaco´s picaresque film, La Dama Regresa. In 2009 she teamed once more with Polaco in Arroz con leche.

Her most memorable quote is “Qué pretende (usted) de mí” from the movie “Y el Demonio creó a los hombres”:

GUSTAVO CERATI, an Argentine rock legend

Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark (born August 11, 1959) is an Argentine artist and songwriter. During the 1980s and 90s he was a member of the Argentine rock group Soda Stereo, along with Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio. In the early 90s, with Amor Amarillo, he pursued a solo career. He is known for his lead and rhythm guitar talents and for his ability to play intricate lead solos on guitar while singing in key.

On May 15, 2010, Cerati suffered a stroke due to a decompensation after his performance in Caracas, Venezuela. He is now hospitalized in Neurological Institute FLENI in Buenos Aires.

DE MÚSICA LIGERA, one of their most famous songs.

SANDRO, the Latin American Elvis

The singer Sandro (1945-2010), nicknamed Argentina’s Elvis for his seductive balladeering and sensual hip gyrations, has died at age 64.

When he was starting out in the early 1960s, Sandro and his backup band covered Spanish versions of hits from performers as diverse at The Beatles, Elvis, Paul Anka and the Rolling Stones.

But over more than four decades of music-making, he was most closely associated with romantic ballads like the hit song “Rosa, Rosa” which won him adoring fans throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially among women middle-aged and older.

Over the course of his long career, Sandro made 36 records and 16 movies in addition to his numerous appearances on Spanish-language soap operas.

After his death was made public, thousands of tearful mourners gathered in front of the hospital to pay their respects to the crooner, known affectionately as “El Gitano” — the gypsy — to legions of adoring fans.

ROSA ROSA

MI AMIGO EL PUMA