[CINC] AFP: Whale of a show for Argentina's undersea rocker, loves of whales goes to a new depth!

[Warren Glaser]

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Whale of a show for Argentina's undersea rocker
17 hours ago
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) — Argentine rocker Javier Calamaro took his tunes  
seven meters (yards) below ocean waves in a special capsule Saturday  
to play "underwater music" to mark the arrival of migrating southern  
right whales.
Calamaro's show, transmitted over the Internet and satellite  
television, was performed in Golfo Nuevo off the coast of the Valdes  
penninsula in Chubut province, where the huge marine mammals are known  
to be seen as they shift northwards to winter in warmer waters.
"This is underwater music. It is the first concert for both human  
beings and whales that I have heard of," Calamaro, brother of renowned  
composer and singer Andres Calamaro, said before performing his  
repertoire which included his own works, folk classics and Argentine  
tango.
The musician performed solo for the 40-minute concert in his  
underwater capsule, which he transformed into a mini recording studio  
complete with computers and underwater cameras near the coast.
Hundreds of southern right whales travel between late May and December  
along the coast near Valdes penninsula -- a UNESCO World Heritage site  
-- to give birth to their calves, a spectacle which draws some 100,000  
tourists per year.
The whales can be seen either from beaches or aboard tourist boats  
authorized for whale watching.
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