The country of tango, vino, delicious steak, and...

How are you guys, it's la Guerita!

Next Monday, on October 26th, we will take you on a journey through Argentina. I personally cannot wait for this episode!! Argentina is definitely one of the "closest to my heart" Latin American countries. Don't get me wrong though; I like and admire all of Latin America. I am interested in music, history, and culture from all the countries.

I am just extra excited about the Argentina episode, because I am more familiar with this country & its music in general due to being exposed more to it over the years. Just like each of you, undeniably, have your own areas and/or topics of interest; you all have certain things you just know more about in general, whether it is due to the degree of exposure, personal history, environment, attachment etc.

Argentina is known for many things ranging from delicious foods through diverse landscapes to extraordinary musical scene. I don't mean to talk about all of these things in this post in detail, because you can just google Argentina and read about everything you can find, and focus on whatever you are interested in. I do want to talk in this post about my experience with Argentinian music in particular. Everything started for me with the very famous Argentinian telenovela of the late 90s called "Muneca Brava" starring a highly talented Uruguayan born actress, Natalia Oreiro, and an extremely charismatic Argentinian actor Facundo Arana. This novela was a very long series (over 250 episodes!), and it was broadcast in so many countries all over the world, including my country of origin, Poland. The series proved to be great in many different aspects: the story, the characters, its cast, script value, and... MUSIC!!! That's exactly right! Music in itself was a huge part of this series. Not just the theme song, and background songs performed mainly by Natalia Oreiro, but the live music and bands who were featured on the novela as part of the "bailanta" scenes.

Scenes from the bailanta (a local, popular nightclub/ dance club where the main characters would go for entertainment) turned out to be a goldmine for discovering great music. A large amount of different bands and artists were featured throughout the series promoting themselves and at the same time popularizing some great Argentinian music all over the globe. This is how I, a girl from Poland, got into it, started learning Spanish on my own & continued to explore the culture, geography, history and music of Latin America.

Make sure to join me and el Chuy this upcoming Monday at 10 a.m. as we take you on a musical journey through Argentina, and share with you some interesting facts about this exciting country. You can listen to us for FREE all over the world, just go to this website: ksfsmedia.net/radio & enjoy!



Lotzz of love,
La Guerita