Tango

Feminist tango collectives take center stage in Argentina

January 10, 2022Music

All-female and all-queer tango groups playing contemporary tango songs with a feminist lens are on the rise in Argentina.

Brazilian Rodrigo Amarante’s solo album ‘Drama’ testifies to a rich musical career

July 19, 2021Music

My parents’ extreme tango makeover

October 25, 2017Arts

Why musician Rubén Blades made the switch from salsa to tango

August 18, 2014Music

Summer in the Global Village: Rush Hour Tango in Union Square

September 17, 2013Global Hit

Cartoon Slideshow: Satirists Welcome the New Pope

August 15, 2013Global Satire

Electing a new pope is a solemn affair but now that he’s been elected (and it is still a ‘he’), well, Pope Francis is fair game for satirists. In this selection of cartoonists’ first impressions, look for white smoke in the shape of a continent, a reference to tango and more than one allusion to […]

My Parents’ Extreme Tango Makeover

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

When Yowei Shaw was in college, her parents’ relationship started to change. Maybe it was empty nest syndrome, maybe it was a midlife crisis;

Argentine Singer María Volonté on ‘The Blue Tango Tour’

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Volonté fuses her love of tango with the blues on her new album and is in the midst of a world tour titled “The Blue Tango Tour.”

Flamenco Singer Diego El Cigala

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Cigala recently won a Latin Grammy for his recording “Cigala and Tango.”

My Parents’ Extreme Tango Makeover

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

When Yowei Shaw was in college, her parents’ relationship started to change. After taking dance lessons on board a cruise ship, her parents turned their lives upside down for the tango.