Blue Tango by Blue Tango Project
“Blue Tango, ” the new CD from Argentine Latin Grammy nominee María Volonté, is a collaboration with California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer. The CD is a ground-breaking musical project exploring the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace.
This globe-trotting duo celebrates the deep spiritual bond that joins tango and the blues, as two musical genres born in desire and marginality, many times censored yet always resurgent and speaking directly to our hungry souls. When they play together, Maria’s voice and guitar fill the stage with echoes of tango’s forbidden pleasures while Kevin’s harmonica whines with the lament of the solitary blues soul.
The project began at the San Francisco Jazz Festival in May 2008, when María and Kevin debuted new material and a new sound that they had been developing in Buenos Aires. Based on the success of that first show, the Blue Tango Tour was born and years of intense touring in North America, Latin America and Europe have followed.
The duo’s adventures in places as diverse as Vancouver, Kosovo or Caracas have marked and nourished their music deeply. Their original songs reflect their embrace of the road as a way of life and their commitment to global music making as a spiritual experience.
“Blue Tango” was produced by Laura Ros and Federico Gil Solá.
Tracklist
| 1. | El Camino es Mi Casa | 4:21 |
| 2. | Ay Ay de Mi | 4:11 |
| 3. | Mi Barco | 3:02 |
| 4. | Vivir en Buenos Aires | 4:07 |
| 5. | Angelito del Campo | 3:41 |
| 6. | Parte del Juego | 4:16 |
| 7. | Niebla del Riachuelo | 3:30 |
| 8. | Beso Azul | 5:16 |
| 9. | Oh Viejo Tren | 3:50 |
| 10. | Kiss of Fire | 3:44 |
| 11. | 9 Vidas | 4:04 |
| 12. | Blues del Rio Lento | 4:28 |
| 13. | Dance Me to the End of Love | 5:22 |
Credits
María Volonté: Blue Tango
Produced by Laura Ros
María Volonté: guitar & vocals
Kevin Carrel Footer: blues harmonica and background vocals
Executive Producer: Kevin Carrel Footer
Recorded and mixed by Gabriel Martínez & Laura Ros
at Estudios Aloe in Hurlingham, Argentina
Mastered by César Silva
Guía Espiritual: Federico Gil Solá
Guest Artists:
Laura Ros: electric bass and background vocals on "Angelito del Campo", second guitar on "Blues del Río Lento"
Roberto Garcilazo: steel guitar on "Oh Viejo Tren"
Federico Gil Solá: drums on "Angelito del Campo" & "Blues del Río Lento"
Macarena Zorraquín: background vocals on "Mi Barco"
License
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Hailing from the colorful and gritty La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the María Volonté: Blue Tango Project is a ground-breaking exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace. It is a collaboration between Argentine Latin Grammy nominee María Volonté and California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer.