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Top 10 Argentinian
Musical Stars
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Fito Páez
A piano balladeer, Páez's
talents include writing films.
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Andrés Calamaro
The gritty-voiced Calamaro
paid homage to Bob Dylan in
2007 with
La Lengua Popular
.
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Soda Stereo
Author Jorge Luis Borges
The Latin American band
of the 1980s and '90s, Soda
reunited in 2007 for a tour.
español
. Now semi-retired, he
does occasional live shows, the
most memorable being the one
on the Madres' 30th anniversary
in 2007
(see p9).
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Jorge Luis Borges
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Patricio Rey
This artist infused old-rock
'n roll with Buenos Aires
slang, or
lunfardo
.
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La Renga
Adding the metal-tinged
guitar to 1980s rock, La Renga
highlighted the poverty
plaguing the city's
barrios
.
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Attaque 77
(1899-1986)
In death, the laureate of Buenos
Aires enjoys as high a literary
profile as he did in life. Borges'
existential novellas,
The Aleph
and
The Secret Miracle
, are
required accessories for any
self-respecting philosophy and
letters under-graduate.
(
Jorge Rafael Videla
Skater punks Attaque
have been the conscience
of porteño youth for
two decades.
&
Bersuit Vergarabat
Bersuit led the
rock
nacional
scene of the 1990s
and early 2000s, championing
drunken anti-heroes.
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Los Fabulosos
(b. 1925)
After the restoration of
democracy in 1983, self-
appointed president General
Videla was in and out of jail,
courtrooms, hospitals, and, at
time of writing, under house
arrest following charges of
human rights abuses. Porteño
street graffiti calls for his retrial.
)
Torcuato de Alvear
Cadillacs
The band's 1994 hit,
Matador
,
is still a frequent request,
though the singer Vincentico
has since found solo success.
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Gustavo Santaolalla
Santaolalla is a popular
Argentinian musician and
wrote the soundtracks for
Brokeback Mountain
and
The
Motorcycle Diaries
.
)
Juana Molina
(1822-90)
If Buenos Aires is likened to
Paris, a debt is owed to the city's
first mayor, Torcuato de Alvear.
He oversaw the urban planning
of Recoleta as well as Avenida
de Mayo, and began
infrastructure projects that
facilitated the capital's growth.
Molina, distinguished by
her ethereal voice and quirky
pop instrumentation, has
recorded some of the most
critically acclaimed albums of
the past decade.
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