The Argentine rock legend mixes classics with new songs in a lively set by NPR Tiny Desk
That best way to start the Month of Hispanic inheritance than with an Argentine rock icon in Tiny Desk? On Monday, NPR shared the performance of Fito Páezwhere he played songs from all his extensive discography and also offered the “world premiere” of a new track.
Paezwearing a bright coat, opened its set with the classic “Rounding Mi Vida” of El Amor Después del Amor From 1992, accompanied by metals, sax and a pair of backing vocals that harmonized with him. “An unusual version of a very popular song,” he said Paez.
Paez closed your set with a mash-up “Circus Beat” and “Tercer World”. Paez He raised a megaphone to live up to the circus energy of the song. “Circus Beat is an old provincial circus, full of scoundrels. It’s more fun than the city’s life… Everything will change in seconds. There will be romance, a storm. And there will be love,” says in the megaphone before leaving for the fan favorite.
Paez It is ready to take a brief tour of the US in November, performing in Los Angeles on November 15, Miami on November 20 and New York on November 23rd.
“I think music allowed me to express and experience happiness, release personal ghosts and create imaginary worlds, enjoy a life that has become more lucid and fun,” Páez told the Rolling Stone Earlier this year. “Music transports you to unknown territory. As long as you continue to express yourself through art, life will continue to enlighten yourself.”
This article was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Tomás Mier on September 15, 2025, and can be checked here.
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