Rosita Quiroga's lyrics & chords

Rosita Quiroga (1896-1984) was the first female tango singer, a direct heir of the primitive early payadores (itinerant singing improvisers). Hers is a unique case in the history of woman in tango. No one expressed like she did, she sang with the same cadence and the same "air" as she had when speaking; she was the unique female model who represented the outskirts people features. She interpreted naturally, without premeditation, and strummed chords in her guitar in the way Juan de Dios Filiberto, her neighbor in La Boca quarter, had taught he...read more