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"Cinders that burn again and again…tango is like life, and has to evolve." So says Sandra Luna, winner of the Argentinean Premio Konex award for best female tango singer, as she paraphrases famous tango lyricist Hector Ferrer. And Sandra Luna has contributed greatly to that evolution. Tango is rooted in stolid machismo, but Luna has brought out more of the feminine longing and melancholy of the music. Born in 1966, Luna was raised in the stockyard and abattoir district of Buenos Aires and was singing in tango bars by age eleven. Her album, Tango Varón, showcases her expressive range, from tough to tender, and her influences, ranging from great women tango singers like Mercedes Simone and Nelly Omar to popular singers like Edith Piaf and Ella Fitzgerald. Don't miss this special, full of deep and passionate music - modern but founded in the depth of the great resilient art form that is tango canción.

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Lahontan Valley News, USA

Sandra Luna is a young Argentinean vocalist whose album Tango Varon (World Connection/Times Square) has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional World Music Album. Luna's music is rooted in the tango, not the increasingly well-known dance music, but rather tango cancion the vocal love songs (analogous to fado or mornas in other cultures) that are the heart and soul of the tango tradition. Her songs offer portraits-grandparents, dogs, children, life in the streets-of the stuff that bring the senses to life. The CD both invokes the past and looks to the future; from traditional bandeon and string numbers to songs that are highly percussive and have a variety of textures.

Kirk Robertson, Lahontan Valley News

See link: http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20050212/COMMUNITY/102120010

Sandra Luna`s 2004 & 2005 Tours, Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Dr. Anton Philipszaal, The Hague-Netherlands
KIT Tropentheater, Amsterdam-Netherlands
Fame Music in Amsterdam-Netherlands
Stadsschouwburg, Velsen-The Netherlands
Radio 747 Desmet Live 14.00-16.00 hrs
Södra Teatern, Stockholm-Sweden
Schouwburg CC Luchtbal, Antwerpen
Cactus@Ma/Z (Magdalenazaal), Brugge- Belgium
Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer-Netherlands
Live on WDNA radio Miami - USA
Argentinean Consulate, New York-USA
Joe’s Pub, New York City-USA
Books & Books, Coral Gables, Florida-USA
Echo Club, Echo Park, LA-USA
USA Television: Sandra Luna: A & E Breakfast with the Arts
Theater Lux, Nijmegen-The Netherlands
RASA, Utrecht-Netherlands
Estonian Drama Theatre, Talinn-Estonia
National Opera, Riga-Latvia
Schouwburg Odeon, Zwolle-Netherlands
N9, Eeklo-Belgie
Instore in Sounds Recordstore
Koningstheater, Den Bosch-Netherlands
Het Wagehuys, Leuven-Belgium
De Fransche School, Culemborg-Netherlands
LVC, Leiden-Netherlands
De Doelen, Rotterdam-Netherlands
De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam-Netherlands
APAP, SOB, New York-USA
Florence Guild Theater, San Francisco, CA-USA
HotHouse, Chicago, IL-USA
Satalla, New York, NY-USA
Johnny D's, Somerville, MA-USA
Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, ME-USA
Strictly Mundial, Montreal-Canada
Festival Mundial, Tilburg-Netherlands
Sandra en vivo TV Por Siempre Tango 22.00hrs
Cent. Cult. San Martìn Sala AyB-Tango 05-BA-Argentina
Circulo Social, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Plaza Nueva, Bilbao-España-Spain
Teatro Municipal, de Olavarría-BA
Teatro Taubate - Sao Paulo, Brasil
Salon de Atos Da Puc - Porto Alegre, Brasil
Salon de Atos Da Puc - Porto Alegre, Brasil
Teatro Alvear, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Centro Cultural de Adrogué, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Centro Cutural de Adrogué,Buenos Aires-Argentina
Sandra Luna was presented with Pablo Ziegler on the First Edition of "Zero Hour Tango Fest in Indianapolis, USA.
With Pablo Ziegler Quartet at the legendary jazz club in New York "Birdland"


Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Los Angeles TImes, Nurtured by its feminine roots, tango flourishes 05/29/05 >> read article

PRI's "The World", Global Hits 07/12/04 >> read article

Boston Globe, CD Review 07/16/04 >> read article >> go there

La Opinoin, No es el tango de los abuelos 07/31/04 >> read article

Maine Today, Review 02/26/05 >> read article

New York Post, CD review by Ernesto Lechner 06/09/04 >> read article

Miami New Times, Concert Pick 07/15/04 >> read article

Philadelphia Weekly, CD Review 05/26/04 >> read article

BBC, CD Review 06/16/04 >> read article

Portland Press Herald, It takes one to tango when Luna is singing 02/26/05 >> read article

Plain Dealer, CD Review 07/04/04 >> read article

Las Vegas Weekly, CD Review 05/13/04 >> read article

Global Rhythm, A Lifetime of Tango: Sandra Luna 07/01/04 >> read article

Albuquerque Journal, Tango Varon 05/14/04 >> read article

Orlando Weekly, CD Review 05/27/04 >> read article

All Music.com, CD Review 07/01/04 >> read article >> go there

Amazon.com, CD Review 07/01/04 >> read article

New York Post, Hot Picks 02/16/05 >> read article

Barnes and Noble, Review 05/01/04 >> read article

Lahontan Valley News & Full on Eagle Standard, Review 02/12/05 >> read article

Broadway New York.com, Concert Preview 06/16/04 >> read article

Reader, Review 02/19/05 >> read article

Tucson Citizen, CD Pick 06/24/04 >> read article

World Music Central, CD Review 05/18/04

Smother.net, CD Review 06/01/04

1340mag, CD Review 06/01/04

Cranky Crow, CD Review 05/18/04 >> read article

6 Moons, CD Review 04/26/04 >> read article >> go there

Arte Six, CD Review 05/01/04

El Mexicalo, Grammy Nominee 02/10/05 >> read article

Lahontan Valley News, CD Review 02/12/05 >> read article >> go there

Sun Journal, Tango star will perform 02/19/05 >> read article

Tango Reporter, CD Review 08/01/04 >> read article

Latin Beat, Sandra Luna and the Fiery Tango 09/01/04 >> read article

Songlines, The superb new spokeswoman of tango-canción 01/01/04 >> read article

The Times of London, CD Review 11/01/03 >> read article

Daily Telegraph (UK), CD Review 11/01/03 >> read article

The Independent (UK), Concert Review 11/03/04 >> read article

Time Out New York, Concert Preview 07/15/04 >> read article