This week’s Music for the Weekend introduces you to Carlos ‘La Mona’ Jiménez, a hugely popular and hugely energetic solo artist whose 80 albums and 45 year career have helped to cement him as an icon of cuarteto.

This week’s Music for the Weekend comes from León Gieco, the Argentine folk-rock musician dubbed the ‘Bob Dylan of Latin America’.

Buenos Aires is an anomalous city that is fast-paced while also being laid-back. In the corners you can hear cumbia that gets your shoulders rolling and in the balcony milongas you hear the melancholy of tango. Amidst the confusion, an Argentine musician who plays a different kind of genre, jazz, is blossoming: Ligia Piro.

More than DJs, not quite VJs and big in Berlin. Allendria Brunjes checks out Argentine musical and visual performance duo Los Automártins.

This week’s Music for the Weekend comes from an award-winning Argentine musician who has succeeded in blending traditional folklore with modern day electronic sounds. Hannah Flint profiles Lisandro Aristimuño, a young artist in support of independent music.

The Indy continues its Music for the Weekend series with a song by Los Abuelos de la Nada – a group instrumental in shaking up the Argentine rock scene of the 1960s. Jess Cotton profiles the band’s music and career.

The gravelly tones of Peter Lopez drift softly over a melodic guitar riff while a swishing drum rhythm pats out the beat. This is the distinctive sound of Los Alamos, a band famous for creating ‘narcocountry’ and now the stars of a new documentary, ‘The Lost Alamo’.

Robin Minchom catches a show and an interview with Argentine rock band Onda Vaga, currently playing a series of Sunday night gigs at Buenos Aires’ Konex centre.

Los Auténticos Decadentes celebrated 25 years together this year with a gig at Buenos Aires stadium, LunaPark. Although it is a rare to have bands last longer than pan-fried cooking, a sound as consistently rich as this Argentine ska-fusion band seems to have kept many souls fed for a long time.

The 60s were a turbulent time for Argentina but from it came the band Los Beatniks, who helped to start a new genre that would become known as Argentine rock.