Like American jazz, Argentine tango music was born of multicultural interaction. Africans, Europeans and South Americans, thrown together during Argentina’s economic expansion at the turn of the 20th ...

“Mi Buenos Aires Querido,” by Carlos Gardel: “Carlos Gardel is the father of tango, the original, the archetype, the éminence grise. There would be no tango without him. He was killed in an airplane ...

Carlos Gardel was one of tango’s — and Argentina’s — great heroes and superstars. The French-Argentine singer, songwriter and composer wrote and recorded hundreds of classic tangos, many with his ...

Since the late 19th century, Jewish immigrants in Argentina have had a love affair with the tango. From playing guitar, piano and accordion to writing music, singing and dancing, Jews have had a close ...

Nomad Tango presents three nights of extraordinary tango in celebration of Argentine tango. The shows, in celebration of Nomad tango’s fifth season in Santa Barbara, will be performed on August 3, ...

For musicians and aficionados of Argentine tango, the scale and scope of the Astor Piazzolla collection at UC Santa Barbara is staggering. Thousands of pages of the composer’s original sheet music.

Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today, March ...

The Lord of the Strings concert series takes the stage for Opus 7 of 12, Dancing to the Strings — a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between master violinist Wai Mizutani, pianist Xiao-Long Chen and ...

It takes two to tango, but a whole lot more to make a festival. For the next two weeks, people will have a chance to dance or simply watch, as area dance instructors celebrate the music and moves of ...

Argentina's Gotan Project pioneered the art of merging traditional folk and pop into electronic dance music. The heart of its sound is Argentina's most beloved musical export: tango. Now, on its new ...

Pablo Ziegler performs tonight (April 29) at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Tonight (April 29) the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts goes “beyond tango” to the tango without the ...