Musician and Day to Day contributing writer David Was offers an appreciation of the instrument that drives the sultry sound of the tango. It's called a bandoneon, and Was cautions that it should never ...

TANGO meets jazz this weekend, but thankfully not in the dark corners of a Buenos Aires flophouse, where this exotic musical form was born. TANGO meets jazz this weekend, but thankfully not in the ...

Koh Sang-ji refuses to be portrayed as a pioneer of Argentinean folk instrument bandoneon in Korea. But her life is self-explanatory when it comes to raising awareness of the accordion-like instrument ...

There's a purity to music. It takes us into its own world, far removed from frustrations and challenges of daily life. But hidden within those innocent-sounding musical flourishes, there often lies a ...

The music that packs the Skirball Cultural Center’s stately courtyard – Yiddish tango – is a musical hybrid twice over. On the tango side, it is a blend of African-born rhythms and a potpourri of ...

Argentina may be the nation that gave tango to the world but the dance has been at risk of a quiet future in its homeland. The threat has come not due to any decline in interest among Argentines, ...