Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across ...
More than 200 of the world’s most recognized accordion and tango performers from more than 40 countries will be descending upon Victoria for the World Accordion and Tango Festival, from Nov. 10 to Nov ...
From old world to new shores / Helena Simonett -- Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / Richard March -- From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the Cajun accordion as identity symbol / Mark F. DeWitt ...
Hector del Curto grew up listening to tango music. He says he heard it from the womb. So it was no surprise when, at 11 years old, he took up the Argentine accordion, the bandoneon. The bandoneon ...
If Argentine composer and performer Astor Piazzolla didn't exist, the subgenre of "Nuevo Tango" — a mix of tango, classical and jazz — wouldn't, either, nor would this taster of accordion jazz.
Buenos Aires doesn’t forget you, tango that you were and will be. —“Somebody Tells It to the Tango,” Jorge Luis Borges/Astor Piazzolla THE KID WASN’T THRILLED with Dad’s gift — an accordion-like ...
At the turn of the 20th century, the well-heeled porteños of Buenos Aires, out for an evening in the seedy port neighborhoods along the Río de la Plata, started noticing a dance they had never seen ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tango dancers performing in the streets of Buenos Aires.Credit: Shutterstock Ah, the tango! They say this wistful, seductive dance ...
Hector del Curto grew up listening to tango music. He says he heard it from the womb. So it was no surprise when, at 11 years old, he took up the Argentine accordion, the bandoneon. The bandoneon ...