Diego El Cigala comes to Cordoba !

  Those dark drooping bedroom eyes, that nose, the long black wavy hair, the voice, that raspy Gitano voice that can only belong to one person, Diego El Cigala.   "Be still my beating heart!!".
 And so, while reading Cordoba's Arts+Entertainment section, my heart suddenly leaped  out when I read that Diego El Cigala  would be performing for one night only at El Teatro de Libertador here in Cordoba City. I had tried several years earlier to get concert tickets   when he had performed with  Bebo Valdez, the cuban pianist, at Carnegie Hall in New York City . Their Grammy winning CD "Lagrimas Negras" was a huge International hit. Realistically, I knew my chances were pretty slim. After all , we are talking about NYC, where a series of 5 concerts in Madison Square Garden can sell out within 30 minutes.

I asked myself... How difficult could it be  to get concert tickets in Cordoba, Argentina?? I immediately phoned a friend of mine in Cordoba to see if she could get me tickets at the  Theaters box office. She mentioned that she had bought her tickets almost 3 weeks in advanced and that it might be difficult, but all the same she would try. Unfortunately, the bad news came early the next day.... all sold out! NADA!!.... not happening .....

Well, I still have faith that I will see Diego El Cigala perform one day down the road, so in the meantime I leave you with one of his songs to enjoy from the "Lagrimas Negras" CD.