Thursday, September 21, 2023

Montana Tango Festival - Under the Big Sky, September 2023

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Montana Tango Festival 2023 has become my best tango adventure in years, with its emphasis on communion with Nature, its trails and its hot ...
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Monday, May 1, 2023

Tango at a factory where my grandfather made WWII submachine guns...

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I don't know anymore if I will ever return to my hometown in Russia, but I used to visit often when my Dad was alive. And I hardly ever ...
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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mixed vals tandas

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I played several experimental mixed-orchestra sets in recent weeks, and people asked about them. It may be a good reason to bring this blog ...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Joaquina Carreras - the first female tango estribillista?

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Joaquina Carreras sings. A frame of Ariel's audiovisual recording A discussion at the T.I.A. ( Tango Investigation Agency group) l...
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Sunday, January 5, 2020

The Melodists: the family at the roots of Polish jazz and tango

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As you may know, I am very fond of the twisted, tragic, and largely forgotten stories of the pre-WWII tango in Eastern Europe. And one of ...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

The inherent contradictions of following...

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Another pearl of wisdom from Igor Zabuta's blog - but this one is penned by his partner, Emma Kologrivova . She writes about all the co...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Unusual and experimental tandas

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Back in January, I wrote that I have already introduced all the important musicians in tango's history in the comments to my playlists ...
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