Tango musicians who can play Argentine tango for dancers are a rare breed in Australia, so when a new band appears there is much excitement in the community.
At the end of July, 2011, Sydney's Tango Club, Tango Synergy held a milonga at the Concord RSL and their band was Tangalo - a new group of Sydney musicians, some of whom came to tango through dancing. Their music was worthy of the excitement and the dance floor was packed throughout the night.
TangoAustralia was at the milonga and asked Emily-Rose Sarkova, the group's leader to tell us about their inspiration - and their love of tango music
TangoAustralia is delighted when news arrives of another tango band - live tango music in Australia is very much in its infancy and we need more bands and musicians playing tango music - for dancing and for listening. So when an email arrived in our inbox telling us about Tango Rubino we put a few questions to Dario their leader....
Tango Noir led by singer Ruth Roshan has performed at a number of venues around Melbourne and at the annual Buenos Aires Beach Festival held in January in Victoria. When the band performed in Sydney for the first time on March 7 TangoAustralia thought it was time to find out a bit more about this tango band. We asked Ruth Roshan (pictured) to tell us more... 
One of Melbourne's foremost tango bands is Colectivo29. A dynamic quintet who regularly perform around this great city playing tango music that dancers love. TangoAustralia asked Andrew James of Colectivo29 some leading questions on his love of tango.
You can check out their latest gigs on their website .
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