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The tango is a dance that originated in Argentina.  It is also the name of the latest album by SONiA & disappear fear and represents their “dance with the world.”

Featuring 13 songs sung in Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and English, Tango has a very different aural feel from smoky-voiced, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Sonia Rutstein’s previous recordings, both solo and with disappear fear.  Its Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms and instrumentation — featuring the indigenous sounds of djembes, tin whistles, violins and acoustic guitars — punctuate and lend new textures to her impassioned music.  Included are several songs whose folk-rock melodies will be familiar to those who have come to know and love SONiA’s music over the past 20 years.

“Fans that I have around the world have learned my songs in English,” said SONiA, during a wide-ranging phone interview this week.   “I thought it would be nice to do them in their languages.”  

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Wanda Fischer’s passion for folk music extends a lifetime. “I kind of go way back with folk music,” says the veteran folk radio DJ, whose weekly Saturday evening program, The Hudson River Sampler, marks its 25th anniversary on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio this month.

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