Robin Minchom explores the not-so-sleepy sound of musical collective El Sonido de los Durmientes: a group of classically trained musicians who are breaking the mould with their modern compositions and mix of styles.

This week, we bring you the cuarteto stylings of Rodrigo “El Potro” as part of the ongoing Music for the Weekend series. Enjoy!

If you’ve been searching for a taste of authentic Argentine music without the tourist price tag try Los Musicantes Porteños: a trio of musicians playing tango to happy crowds around Almagro.

For this week’s Music for the Weekend, Hannah Flint looks at one of Argentina’s long-standing and still-current pop-rock bands: Los Estelares.

“To mourn death is to disrespect life.” After his shocking murder in Guatemala City last Saturday, Facundo Cabral’s own words ring with a sad resonance. Many have ignored these words however and openly mourned this great Argentine folk singer. Impassioned vigils have taken place across Latin America.

Hannah Flint heads out with the Papelnonos – network of retirees who make musical instruments out of paper mache and give weekly performances at schools across the country.

In this week’s Music for the Weekend, Robin Minchom profiles popular Argentine reggae star Fidel Nadal

The latest in our weekly music series, this week we bring you a musician not shy of controversy: Fito Páez, who has been making waves in the Argentine music scene since the 1980s.

Allendria Brunjes finds Zona Tango, hidden in the residential neigbourhood of Boedo, to be one of the best tango soirees in town. You just have to make sure you keep the noise down…

Michael Tanenbaum selects five of Argentina’s most influential rock guitarists, who collaborated literally and figuratively at a time when the guitar remained the pillar of contemporary music.