Playwright José González Castillo wrote his 1923 tango “Sobre el pucho” for a contest sponsored by the “Tango” cigarette company, the first competition of its kind to require tangos with lyrics.
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Sebastián Piana
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.