Called the Edith Piaf of Tango, Maria Cangiano has a unique voice within a new generation of Argentine musicians in New York. Her musical journey mirrors her gypsy life, being a daughter of Italian immigrants from middle eastern roots, raised in Argentina and exposed to Tango and South American folk music, who came to the US and discovered Jazz, Blues and Afro music. Inspired by her Neapolitan grandfather who was an opera singer, Maria Cangiano had a classical training and performed many mezzo soprano opera roles at Opera Theaters in New York City, such as Regina Opera, Dicapo Opera and Amato Opera. In 2001 she started to interpret and performed traditional and new tango songs, a repertory little known in the US. During the last 7 years, Maria has collaborated with many well know musicians from the New York Jazz, Classical and Tango scene. She has performed old and new tango music in New York major venues, such as Blue Note, Joe's Pub, Nuyorican Poets Café, Bowery Poetry Club etc. She released her first cd Ballads for My Life and Death: Tribute to Piazzolla.