Athens Tango Project

Genre: Tango, Tango Argentino. Laura Camacho founded the Athens Tango Project in 2012, gathering first-rate musicians in Athens, Ga., to teach them to play music she had learned to love as a child in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while watching her grandmother dance to tango on her record player. Her group is called Athens Tango Project which consists of a varying ensemble of musicians led by Camacho. Grammy Award-nominated musician and producer Pablo Aslan describes Camacho as, “one of the movers and shakers in the US tango scene” and as “an excellent bass player and a passionate tanguera armed with an impressive sound, precise rhythm and fine taste.”

After a decade in the Athens, Ga., music scene, Athens Tango Project released its first EP on Jan. 18, 2023. Dubbed “Para Compartir” (To Be Shared), the eclectic and ambitious EP is a testament of their mastery of the intricate nuances of tango music, and also offers fresh and energizing versions of classics with dancers in mind. After listening to the EP and performing with her, Emiliano Messiez, a prolific composer and a pianist for the Broadway hit show "Forever Tango," says of founder and producer Laura Camacho “We are in the presence of an excellent bass player who really knows the Tango style like not many.”