Accordion renews its image as 2026's top instrument

Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This all-rounder is used across various genres, from tango to heavy metal.Accordionist Matthias Matzke has a deep passion for his ...
Jewish Journal

Yiddish tango links time, space and musical styles

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 ...
The Washington Post

Horacio Salgán, Argentine tango composer and musical pathbreaker, dies at 100

Horacio Salgán, an Argentine tango composer and pianist who helped broaden the vocabulary of his musical form and became one of the genre’s most influential and revered maestros, died Aug. 19 in ...
The Forward

Yiddish Tango Is Irresistible Musical Hybrid

(JTA) — 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 ...