In 1862, the famous Spanish luthier Antonio de Torres created a guitar with back and sides of papier-mâché. In the 21st century, the Italian guitarist Federica Artuso recorded the album called Papier-Mâché where she plays on replicas of the Torres guitar built by Fabio Zontini. I learned about this from the Radio Clásica programme La guitarra de papel (broadcast on 16 January 2026).
From the above album, Milonguea del ayer by the Argentine composer and guitarist Abel Fleury.
...is Milonga del mar by TOCH, a trio from Córdoba, Argentina, featuring Juan Pablo Toch (vocals, bass, guitar), Andrés Toch (vocals, drums, percussion) and Martín Ellena (bandoneon, bass). I first heard this song — and the band — thanks to their recent concert En La Casita (26 May 2025). TOCH are touring Europe (mostly Spain) in July, check out their BandCamp page for dates.
...is Los ejes de mi carreta, a milonga composed by the Argentine Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908—1992) on the lyrics by the Uruguayan Romildo Risso (1882—1946). I hope you like this recent version by the Cuban Septeto Santiaguero.
...is Milonga accidental by Alisa Amador, the winning song of the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest. Sure enough, this song opens the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest Winner Concert — "the first Tiny Desk concert with an audience in over 800 days".
Kristin Bakkegard: violin Nick Montopoli: violin Paul Bagley: viola Carol Anne Bosco: cello |
...is not just a milonga but Supermilonga by Andrés Linetzky's Vale Tango.
Raúl Mannola is an Argentina-born Finnish guitarist now based in Madrid. This week's song is milonga Nenúfar performed by Raúl Mannola Quartet, featuring Leandro Bianchi (guitar), Juan Carlos Aracil (flute) and Jesús Mañeru (percussion).
I'd like to kick off the year with Milonga Sentimental composed by Sebastián Piana and Homero Manzi in 1931. This version is taken from Cachai?, the debut album of Spanish fusion band Canteca de Macao. According to last.fm,
At the present time Canteca de Macao has achieved for first time in the music history that multinationals such as EMI publishing accept their music under a copyleft license.
...is Milonga del sol by Enzo Favata, a composer and saxophone player from Alghero, Sardinia. This composition is taken from his 1999 album, Atlantico.
Kirill
