The tabare

La Tabaré Banda, also formerly known as La Tabaré Riverock Banda or later La Tabaré Milongón Banda, is a Uruguayan art- rock that has fused rock and blues with popular song and theater. The band was formed in 1985 in Montevideo, around the singer, composer, actor and writer Tabaré Rivero and remains active until today without interruption. It often combines the mixture of folk instruments with all musical genres and sub-genres, with an electric power trio base, with theatrical representation and the poetic-ideological search. It was said that La Tabaré Banda could be the link between the Uruguayan rock of the '70s, Popular Song and Uruguayan rock of the '80s. The group has released a total of fourteen albums, a VHS home video, a feature film and a double DVD.

History

Beginnings

La Tabaré Banda was founded in April 1985, when they performed at the Teatro del Carro, a street theater that was in Plaza Libertad. Its first official presentation was made in November of that year at the Teatro Circular in a cycle called "Kafé –Koncér". This first formation was made up of Tabaré J. Rivero, Andrea Davidovics, Javier Silvera, Álvaro Pintos and Ricardo Musso.

In the second half of the 1980s they successfully joined the rock scene and participated in the most important festivals of the genre such as Montevideo Rock 1 and 2, in which they shared the stage with international artists. In that decade they released their first two albums, Sigue ser rocanrol and Rocanrol de arrabal.

1990s

In the 1990s they began to combine rock with theater, premiering La opera de la mala leche and Qué-te-comics-te. In 1992 they released the album Placeres del sado-musiquismo and in 1994 they released Aim... fire!!. In 1995 they performed the cycle El Acusticón, an acoustic show with alternative instruments to those of rock, such as the charango, recorder, yerbomatophone, bandoneon, Peruvian cajón, Venezuelan cuatro and cavaquinho and always adding to music theatrical stage interventions. In this year, Tabaré Rivero published the book 10 years of success for the dope, which reviews the history of the first ten years of La Tabaré. In the remainder of the 1990s they recorded the albums Yoganarquía and Que te recontra and presented the operetta Putrefashion.

2000 to the present day

In 2002 they recorded Sopita de gansos, an acoustic album, which was criticized by the more orthodox rocker public. In 2003 they released the album of rarities Archivoteca of rescuantescanticos and poemazacotes. In 2004 18 años vivos was released, an album that was recorded live at the ND Ateneo Theater in Buenos Aires. In 2004, 2006 and 2007 they participated in the Pilsen Rock festival. In 2006 they recorded the album Chapa, pintura, lifting in Chile and premiered the operetta Zooledades -Sinphonetta inphinitta, which they presented in five performances at Sala Zitarrosa.

In 2007 they performed at the mega Festival Vive-Latino, in Santiago de Chile, and performed a couple of times in Spain (Barcelona and Valencia). In 2008 the documentary La Tabaré, rocanrol y después was released and they recorded the album Cabarute. In 2009 the operetta La Micción premiered, with the participation of La Tabaré along with the cast of the National Comedy.

In 2010 they celebrated their 25th anniversary, in the “Kabarét la Tabarék” cycle, with eleven performances at Espacio Guambia and the double CD Historical Collection went on sale. In 2011 they performed the “Varietè” cycle, with 12 performances at the Victoria Theatre. In 2012 the double DVD "Neither stars nor shooting" and "Sightings". 2013 they continue to perform in the “Tête à tête” cycle, rotating in various rooms and nightclubs, culminating with 5 performances at the Circular Theater. In 2014 they published the album Que reventen los artistas. and they toured Spain with 6 performances (Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Pamplona, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid). In Uruguay they present the cycle "Que reventen!" with 4 performances in the Hugo Balzo room and 2 in the Solis Theater, together with the M. Inthamoussú Dance Company. In 2015 they celebrated their thirtieth anniversary, with multiple performances in Montevideo and the interior of the country, culminating with a performance at the Teatro de Verano. In 2017 they released the album Blues de los esclavos de ahora. In February 2020, they did a show inside the COMPEN Detention Center, an experience similar to the one they had already carried out in 2016, acting inside Unit No. 6 of the Punta de Rieles Prison.

And they continue to perform at festivals and concert venues in Montevideo and in the interior of the country, as well as in Argentina.

Current integration

• Tabaré Rivero - Acoustic Voice and Guitar
• Enzo Spadoni - Trombón
• Pamela Cattani - Voice
• Leo Lacava - Guitars
• Marcelo Lacava - Battery
• José "El Bota" Suárez - Low and low
• Ricardo "Dipa" Dipaolo - Sonidist

Perpetual guests

• Alejandra Wolff - Voice
• Andrés Burghi - Battery

Discography

• It's still rocknrol. (SULP 90867. 1987)
• Rock of the arrabal (Orpheus (1989)
• Placeres del sado-musiquismo (Ayuí / Tacuabé 1992)
• Aim... fire! (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae130cd. 1994)
• Yoganarchy (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae184cd. 1997)
• That I found you (DBD001cd. 1999)
• Sopita de gansos (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae253cde. 2002)
• Archives (of rescues and poems) (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae267cde. 2003)
• 18 live years (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae278cde. -Zaff Records in Argentina- 2004)
• Chapa, painting, lifting (Bizarro Records 3474-2. 2006)
• Cabarute (Bizarro Records. 2008)
• Historical Collection (Bizarro Records 4750-2. 2010)
• Who reveal the artists (Bizarro Records 5930-2. 2014)
• Alignment and balance (Pza.Independence. -only in Argentina - 2014)
• Blues of the slaves now (Bizarro Records 7042-2. 2017)

EPs

• Live From the Circle (Bizarro Records 2015) - "Turkeys nothing"; "Folletines flyers"; "That cuplé".
• Live sessions in Los Olmos (Bizarro Records 2017) - "Pay and pay"; "Rasga Corazón".
• The comfort of the Slaves (live) (Bizarro Records 2018) - "It is that mystery (happiness)"; "Boogie naturista"; "Galopé".
• Fashion of wash / Country Beauty (Bizarro Records 2020)

Film and video

• Sabotage - Mediatrix in VHS format, Dir: Andrés Echevarría (Ayuí / Tacuabé, 1993)
• The Eternal Instants - Documentary compilation in VHS format, Edic.: Tabaré J. Rivero (Independent, 2000)
• I'll stool, rock and then - Documentary film, Dir: Mariana Viñoles and Stefano Tononi (2008); in DVD format (Andaluz Dog, 2017)
• No stars or leakage - Documentary film in DVD format, Dir: Hernán Rodríguez (Bizarro Records, 2013)
• Watchings – from deafened songs over time- - Documentary compilation, in DVD format Edic.: Gerardo Castelli (Bizarro Records, 2013)

The operettas of La Tabaré (Teatrock) Band

• 1990 and 1991, The Opera of the Bad MilkCircular Theatre.
• 1992, What-te-comics-te?Circular Theatre.
• 1998-1999 Putrefashion Teatro El Galpón - Teatro Puerto Luna.
• 2006, The Sinphonetta InphinittaZitarrosa Room.
• 2009, The Miction, Teatro Solís - Comedia Nacional.
• 2021, The Euphoria of the Defeats, Teatro Solís - Comedia Nacional.

Participation in collective records

• Rock Uruguayo Vol. 2 (Orpheus, SULP 90822. 1986)
• Montevideo (Orpheus, 1987)
• Live: Montevideo Rock 1988 (Orpheus, 90913-4. 1988)
• The best of Uruguayan rock (Orpheus 1989)
• First Rock: Best of Uruguayan rock vol. 1 (Ruta 66 Records, 1007-2. 1994)
• Good from here: 10 years of national pebble (Orpheus, 4966152. 1996)
• Songs of Memory (1996)
• Strange visions (Office, CDO 035 2. 1996)
• The musicians of La República (1998)
• Works area (Spain, 2002)
• Graffiti (Extra topic in reissue of EMI 7243 5 60413 2. 2004)
• Mestizo world (Doble F Alterlatino, FF010, Argentina. 2004)
• Pilsen Rock - Durazno 2004 (Koala Records, KR 3166-2. 2004)
• Fans 4 (2006)
• Pilsen Rock IV (2007)
• Pilsen Rock 5 (Montevideo Music Group. 2009)
• Fans 6 (2009)
• Map of Cabrera - Uncertain compiled (Triple compound of Fernando Cabrera) (Once Varas, Argentina. 2009)
• Montevideo in songs (Ayuí, A/E380-381CD. 2013)
• Making memory (edited by Mothers and Families of Disappeared Detainees. 2015)
• Just looking for a place (Little Butterfly and Bizarro Records. 2021)
• Macu ta sung (Ayuí/Tacuabé. 2022)

Some specials for TV

• La Tabaré Riverock Banda en Mano a Mano - 1989- Channel 5
• I'll Tabar Milongón Banda in the Big Gate -2001- TV City
• I will Tabar Milongón Banda in the Zitarrosa - 2003- TV City. dir: F. Domínguez
• I'll Tabar at the Summer Theatre – 2005 – VTV
• The Tabaré Cachimbanda in the Theater Plaza – La Púa -2006- Channel 12
• La Tabaré Cachimbanda en vivo en Vive Latino (Chile) – La Púa -2007- Channel 12
• La Tabaré documentary Rocanrol del arrabal – La Púa- 2008-Canal 12'
• La Tabaré Banda, in Sala TV - 2009- TV City
• Tabaré and the National Comedy: Miction - 2009 -
• I'll Tabar in Live Authors - 2013 - AGADU. dir: Álvaro García
• I will Tabar Banda 30 Years - 2015 - TV City. dir: Nicolás Soto
• La Tabaré Banda in Montevideo Rock – 2017- TV City
• I'll Tabar Banda at the COMPEN – 2020- say: Nicolás Niggemeyer

Independent filming and documentaries

• Kafé Konzér - 1985
• Circular rocanrol! - 1989
• Skiffle yorugua - 1992
• Live in the Verdi Room - 1992
• The boy, aim... fire! 1994
• The Rocky - 1997-1998
• The eternal moments - 1985-2000
• Vian de Vian - About songs and texts by Boris Vian, at the Circular Theatre – 2008. dir: A. Goldstein
• La Tabaré Banda, in TV studios - 2015