En Lunfardo

about this album

Edmundo Rivero represents a singular case in the long gallery of tango singers. The bass range, that his voice had, was a real rarity in the genre and, at the same time, it was a quality hardly appreciated by tango fans, who were used to hear baritones and tenors. However, his intonation and the colorful nuances of his phrasing, plus a feeling and a country style with reminiscences of Gardel, made him a favorite of audiences and, at the same time, the first case of a bass voice standing out at a period of extraordinary vocalists. His musical training and development was as well important. His knowledge was not improvised and by no means, intuitive, he was a studious person that began with classical music, with the rigor of academies, discipline and study. He was born in the neighborhood of Valentín Alsina, in the province of Buenos Aires. His parents, Aníbal and Anselma, encouraged in their children, since cradle time, the love for music. He was brought up in neighborhood of Saavedra and spent his adolescence in Belgrano. At an early age at the National Conservatory he began to study singing and later, guitar playing. He appeared for the first time duetting with his sister Eva on Radio Cultura. On this same broadcasting he was hired to join the group for accompaniment of the occasional figures that appeared there. Furthermore, he evidenced his gift as guitarist by playing a repertoire of Spanish classical music at recitals in theaters. His debut as singer took place in a

why this is interesting

# On "En Lunfardo" This recording merits attention for its linguistic and vocal archaeology. Rivero's bass voice—rare and initially undervalued in tango—becomes here an instrument for exploring lunfardo, the working-class argot that shaped the genre's identity. Rather than merely performing songs, Rivero examines language itself, allowing his deep register to resonate against words often sung carelessly. His intonation reveals the texture and history embedded in slang that other singers might gloss over. The album captures a distinctive moment: a technically trained musician using his unfashionable voice type to recover and dignify the speech of ordinary people, demonstrating that tango's cultural significance lay

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