The album description appears first in English and then in Spanish. La descripción del album aparece al principio en inglés y en español despues. When I first landed in Buenos Aires it was Christmas morning of 2008. The city was peaceful and I soon discovered that this immense sea of buildings, the “Paris of South America”, was a metropolis with more energy than New York and an infinite variety of music unknown to the ears of people from other cultures. Here I became familiar with musicians of great capacity to interpret various latin styles as well as rock, jazz, pop and classical. My intention in traveling here was to improve my Spanish and my tango dancing. Then I discovered that the Spanish of the porteños was a dialect called rioplatense, and for this reason the majority of my pronunciación in Con Los Porteños, is in a distinctive Spanish. During my stay in the city I became more and more comfortable speaking and singing like a porteño (a person born and raised in the city of Buenos Aires). I had an urge to study and collaborate with local musicians. After a few months here, and falling in love with the love of my life, Diana, a porteña, the idea came to me that I could record latin songs, with a porteño flavor, utilizing these talented players. This CD includes melodies from a great variety of latin cultures in which I sing, play Spanish Guitar, and cavaquinho (a Brazilian ukulele with steel strings) which I tuned like a mandolin. Most of the music is presented with the rich presence of the bandoneon (accordion with lateral buttons, commonly linked to Tango). The inclusion of the cavaquinho and bandoneon give the CD a unique personality. Taking advantage of the current recording technology, the project developed and was recorded in three apartments in the city, a house in Ranelagh in the southern suburbs, and at Estuio.ar Recording Studio in the barrio of Villa Urquiza. The musicians I met formed a chain of contacts that directed me towards the realization of my vision. The most important link was Ariel Gato, owner and recording engineer, at Estudio.ar. One thousand thanks to my porteño friends for sharing their world of music and for letting me attempt to play like a porteño. I sincerely hope you enjoy this music as much as I enjoyed making it. A warm (if virtual…) welcome to Buenos Aires! Dedicado al medico, Fernando H. Pedrueza Diana Taborda Garcia: Productora Craig Einhorn: voz, guitarra criolla, cavaquinho, bongo, castañuelas, golpes de manos, percussión Paula Castignola: voz Leandro Savelon: bateria, bombo, percussión Gabriel Rivano: bandoneon José Maria Rios: bajo electrico, voz en el coro de “Por Medio Peso” Fernando Lerman: saxos Sergio Wagner: trompeta Hugo "Palito" Gervini: trombón Jorge Savelon: Cencerro, voz en el coro “de Por Medio Peso” Damian Alterman: arreglo y solo de guitarra en “El Olvidao” Ariel Gato: Grabación, Mixing, Mastering Diseño grafico: Candelaria La primera vez que llegué a Buenos Aires era la navidad del año 2008, la ciudad estaba tranquila, y pronto descubrí que este mar inmenso de edificios, ”La Paris de Sudamerica”, era una metrópolis con mas energia que la ciudad de New York, con una variedad infinita de musica desconocida a los oidos de personas de otras culturas. Aqui conocí a musicos con gran capacidad para interpretar diferentes estilos latinos, asi como tambien rock, jazz, pop y clasica. El proposito de este viaje era, el de mejorar mi castellano y mis conocimientos en el baile de tango. Descubrí entonces, que el español de los porteños es un dialecto llamado ”rioplatense”, por eso la mayor parte de mi pronunciación, en Con Los Porteños, es de un español distinto. Durante mi estadia en esta ciudad, fui sintiendome cada vez mas comodo hablando y cantando como porteño (persona nacida y crecida en la ciudad de Buenos Aires). Deseaba estudiar y colaborar con musicos locales. Despues de vivir unos meses aqui y enamorarme del amor de mi vida, Diana, una porteña, surgió en mi la idea de grabar canciónes latinas con un toque porteño, utilizando el talento de dichos musicos. Este CD, incluye temas de gran variedad etnica, en donde canto, toco guitarra criolla(española) y cavaquinho (ukulele brasileño con cuerdas de acero) que afiné como mandolín. La mayoria de la musica cuenta con la rica presencia del bandoneon (acordion con botoneras laterales, instrumento vinculado al tango). La incorporación del cavaquinho y el bandoneon, le dan a este CD una personalidad unica. Aprovechando el poder de la tecnologia, el mismo se fue gestando en diferentes departamentos de la ciudad, una casa en la localidad de Ranelagh (en el suburbio), y en Estudio.ar en el barrio Villa Urquiza. Los musicos que fui conociendo fueron formando parte de una cadena de contactos que me dirijeron para que este proyecto se haga realidad. Uno de esos eslabones, el mas importante, es Ariel Gato, dueño e ingeniero del estudio de grabacion Estudio.ar. Mil gracias a mis amigos porteños por compartir su mundo de musica y por permitirme intentar tocar como un porteño. Espero sinceramente que disfruten de esta musica tanto como disfrute hacerla. Un cariñoso bienvenidos (aunque virtual…) a Buenos Aires! When I first landed in Buenos Aires it was Christmas morning of 2008. The city was peaceful and I soon discovered that this immense sea of buildings, the “Paris of South America”, was a metropolis with more energy than New York and an infinite variety of music unknown to the ears of people from other cultures. Here I became familiar with musicians of great capacity to interpret various latin styles as well as rock, jazz, pop and classical. My intention in traveling here was to improve my Spanish and my tango dancing. Then I discovered that the Spanish of the porteños was a dialect called rioplatense, and for this reason the majority of my pronunciación in Con Los Porteños, is in a distinctive Spanish. During my stay in the city I became more and more comfortable speaking and singing like a porteño (a person born and raised in the city of Buenos Aires).