Among the songs I remember learning early and hearing often on the dance floor, this 1943 tango “Adiós, te vas” fills up the background of the milongas alongside so many others, and yet it stands out purely by its excellence.
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Cátulo Castillo
That transitory hour when the night recedes before the first gray light of the morning, known well to those among us who are no strangers to insomnia, is called la madrugada in Spanish, and it features in many tangos as the setting of vague emotions—haunting regret, helpless loss, or a general aimlessness.
This week we turn to the famous tango “Tinta roja,” another highly impressionistic and nostalgic song, whose details evoke the old neighborhood life suffused in the inevitable sepia tones of the past.