As an Argentinian ex-pat, with family connections there and a regular visitor to Buenos Aires, I'm interested to know what you and your family think about the tango. For people in the tango community, it looms large as our primary link to BsAs and Argentina, but I have noted that tango doesn't seem to get discussed much in Argentinian news outlets (to the small extent I follow them).

Documentaries on tango make it seem like tango music is an underlying cultural layer in BsAs/Argentina. How true is that? Is it comparable to rock music in the US? Or is it closer to Jazz or Blues?