Tango Uncorked

Tonight on the show we were joined by Adam Tully and Paul Bavineau. Adam played some music for us and we chatted for a while about his history playing and learning tango music for guitar. It was really a great conversation and we look forward to having him back again. He shared so much knowledge and insights about the music and the history. https://www.youtube.com/user/adamtullyguitar/videos Paul...

Tonight on the show were joined by Christine Brebes. Amazing person, and violinist. She shared some great stories and great music as well. (If you go to 1:22:00 into the show you can listen to all the cool sound effects the violin makes for tango music.) We also had Margaret Spore from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Organizer extraordinaire and dancer. AKA, LeggyPeggy from back in the day. Pacha Mendes cal...

Tonight we had a great time hanging with Christopher and Caroline from San Francisco. They have been friends for a long time and have also taught us a lot in the early years of our growth. I still remember vividly some of my classes with them. We had a really great time chatting and catching up after so many years. Marcelo joined us. Batt Johnson reappeared. Carol from Montreal also called in. Tha...

Tonight on the show we had Emilio Teubal play LIVE music and also share some from his latest solo release. Maria Blanco joined us from Buenos Aires with Renee Rouger who is bases in NYC for our 5 Questions segment. Marcelo Gutierrez called in and joined in on the conversation as well. It was a great show as usual and thank you all for joining us. Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. Any co...

This Wednesday, June 24th 2020, we had Carol Horowitz join us for 5 Questions. Based in Montreal, Carol has been running one of the main tango schools there for over 17 years. We have been friends for a long time and it was fun to catch up. Jaimes Friedgen call in early and kept us company throughout the show and took us down the rabbit hole of how he organizes orchestras based on the 4 elements:...

An interesting start to the show. Munro Johnson called in from the New York City Economic Development Corporation. He spoke to us about all of the things his group is doing to help with the COVID situation in NYC. He also happens to be a local tango dancer. What a coincidence? Musical guest Stratos Achlatis from Los Peores shared their latest recording. Rod Relucio and Jenny Teeters from Chicago j...

Tonight on the show we had Craig Herrington play some LIVE prerecorded music for us. We chatted a laughed. It was fun to learn more about him and his fascination with large piano's. Angeles Chanaha and Kristian Velazquez joined us for 5 Questions and it was a ball. We talked about a lot of interesting tango things and laughed a lot. Angeles has an extremely deep history in tango and she shared a l...

Tonight on the show we had Bassist Pablo Lanouguere share some of his amazing original compositions with us and spoke with us for a while. Based in NYC Pablo is a musician who transcends many different styles of music. Gaby Mataloni and Ines Muzzopappa joined us for our 5 Questions segment. They are based in Buenos Aires and have been instrumental in shaping the new generation of tango dancers the...

What a great show. I would say it was amazing but Neeraj might say something about that. We had Jaimes Friedgen on the show. One of my favorite dancers, teachers, and good friend. Now based in Santa Fe we met him back in 2006 when he was in Seattle. He's been dancing for over 20 years and has been a big influence on the dancers in the US and elsewhere. We were also joined by Rosana for Tango Confe...

Today we were joined LIVE by El Cachivache. They were gathered, illegally, for a rehearsal in an undisclosed location somewhere near Buenos Aires Argentina. They played three songs for us and the energy was amazing.  We are so honored to be able to share this moment in history with them and everyone. Enjoy! Song #1 - Rosario - Pacha Mendes Song #2 - Maraña - Adriano De Vita Song #3 - No me extraña...

Tonight on the show we had Pedro Giraurdo join us for a great conversation and we listened to some music from his latest album. It was a joy to get to know him more and spend time together. He left a link to download his music -  www.dropbox.com/sh/4czz7elnorjhhex/AADCZmjLyalGCt0sr6QdAviVa?dl=0   We also had Michelle Lamb join us for 5 Questions. Many of you joined in as well.  Finally Neeraj play...

What a fun show. Thank you CIKO for joining me week after week and sharing your hosting talent. Tonight we had Ben Bogart and Winnie Cheung play LIVE  music for us. We have known Ben since 2004 and it was great to watch up with him. It was also great to meet Winnie and listen to her visual descriptions of Fresedo, Dinosaurs, and other fun stuff. Alex Krebs. What can you say about Alex Krebs? HELP...

WEEK 8!!! I can't believe it. But we are surviving. You are surviving. We are all doing our best. Tonight on the show we had so many special people call in. Our special guest for the evening were Machiko Ozawa on violin. She was amazing. Kristina McFadden for our 5 Questions segment. Marcelo Gutierrez called in again and we had some great conversations. So many wonderful people joined in from all...

We had a great show tonight with some really interesting guests. Oliver Kolker joined us with some funny stories to begin the show. Pablo Estigarribia played LIVE music for us. Guillermo Cerneaz joined us for 5... 0000 Questions. hhhahah And Isabella stumped some of us in Tango Confessions. The conversations were interesting and fun. Towards the end we discussed a lot about the tango history of th...

This week we sit down with our good friend Dr. Oskar Zorilla. He is a PhD of economics and also loves running around without a shirt at your favorite Milongas. Recently he has moved to Annapolis where he is a professor at the Naval Academy and his stories of that experience are very interesting. I hope you enjoy getting to know him more.

We had another fun show tonight. Wednesday April 22nd 2020. Jack Hanley co-hosted with us and brought is exuberant and amazing energy. He is hunkered down in south Jersey but that didn't stop him from bringing the party. Tioma Maloratsky joined us for, 5 Questions, and his amazing partner Gayle Madera also popped in to say hello. Edd Ay stumped us in, Tango Confessions... And Sergio Reyes played v...

Tonight on the show we had Pacha Mendes play some amazing bass for us. He is in the group, El Cachivache, and typically plays double bass with them when they are performing but he went back to his roots a bit for us and pulled out his electric bass even playing one of his own compositions. Marcelo Gutierrez joined us for, 5 Questions, and we got to learn more about his philosophy of tango, and dan...

This week we had Emiliano Messiez play some really powerful music for us! Wow what a treat. (00:35:00) Batt Johnson reads for us. (01:19:00) Some crazy stories from Michael Ricciardi and others.  5 Questions segment with special guest Nick Jones from Denver CO. (01:27:00) Tango Confessions with Mary Carmel Etienne. (02:12:00) And so much more. Enjoy the show. It was a lot of fun.

Another amazing week with so many great guests and callers. Meredith and Andres of the Philadelphia Tango School were our featured artists and we had them on our segment, 5 QUESTIONS. 01:06:00 We asked them 5 questions and one of which we were all a part of. Tommy Mastrangelo called in for another new segment TANGO CONFESSIONS. 01:54:00 We also had Eran Polat play for us at 00:30:00 and it was rea...

This week I sit down with Jackie Clark. Jackie has been a part of the NYC community since the very beginning. She talks with us about her life as an artist and the early days of what tango was like in New York City. She and I share a lot of similar stories and we had a great time chatting. Enjoy!

We had another amazing live show with people calling in from all over. Montreal, San Francisco, Rochester, Cleveland, Halifax, New Jersey, Buenos Aires, Portland ME, Rosario, and many more. What great energy. Thank you all so much. We had Guests Alberto and Micaela from the Cleveland Tango school. Stratos and Javier from NYC played amazing music for us.  Check out their newest release here: https:...

This week I have the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Adrian Minkowicz who is a stand up comic. He is currently based out of Norway but spends a lot of time here in New York City in the stand up circuit. He also dances tango ok too. He is extremely funny and observant and it was a lot of fun to sit and chat with him. Enjoy.

As with restaurants, bars, and many other establishments that were once dine in, or dance in, Tango Cafe has also become TAKEOUT only.  This was out first milonga/ social gathering online.  It happened live, with people calling in from all over the country.  It felt really good to connect with everyone here and we look forward to doing it again. Remember if you would like to help support Tango Caf...

Hello everyone, Tonight we will be hosting Tango Cafe LIVE from this platform. Yes Tango Uncorked will be a live podcast tonight at 9:30pm. You can call in and chat with us or just listen to us chat together. We may play some music, we may raise a glass, who knows. See you all tonight! Any donations to help support Tango Cafe can be sent to: adamandciko@gmail.com This will work via Venmo and Paypa...

I sat down with Tiffany Trotter this past weekend at her place in Brooklyn. Tiffany started dancing tango back in the mid 90's and work with some of the earliest influences in the United States. After taking some time off she got back into tango and shares her stories with us. We also discuss her interest and work as a history teacher and how history can't always be trusted.