Tango—one of Argentina’s most enduring cultural exports—has always been more than the sum of its music, lyrics, and dance. For many, it functions as a ...
Fleetwood Mac made Tango in the Night a decade after Rumours hit shelves. The 1987 record ended a five-year recording hiatus for the band following 1982’s Mirage. The group recorded the record at ...
A hundred years ago, Carlos Gardel recorded Mi Noche Triste (My Sad Night) – the very first tango song which set the singing of tango on fire. In this episode of Music Extra recorded in Buenos Aires, ...
Finns are known to be quiet, reserved and taciturn but every July some 100,000 of them unleash their passion for the tango, singing and dancing under the Arctic midnight sun. Finns are known to be ...
She was “born on a day when God was drunk.” Madonna and whore, she is the title character of the only opera by the creator of the “new tango,” the late Argentine Astor Piazzolla. Written in 1968 with ...
The Argentinian tango singer died in a plane crash 80 years ago, but he remains his country's most famous pop star. Critic Milo Miles considers a new introductory collection of Gardel recordings. This ...
It’s the kind of thing that happens mostly in dreams and Mark Wahlberg movies, but a random fan actually got to fill-in on vocals with one his favorite bands this past weekend. When Bang Tango (and ...
SEINAJOKI, Finland — Every July, this modest Finnish town, population 59,000, transforms several square blocks downtown into a vast dance hall. Stages are erected, tents are put up and thousands of ...
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