Category: world music

Canada: there’s so much to enjoy and explore in this vast country, from remote wild places to busy cities, from plain to mountain to coast. Exploration through dreams and …

Cape Breton Island: it is a place where ocean meets forest, forest meets story, communities make music together, and where, as some say, Mother Nature meets Father Time. Cape …

Black history: have you sought this out in your travels, come across it stories in passing, or passed it by unknowingly? History is about story, after all. Individual story. …

Wild Atlantic Way: the name itself brings up images of adventure and exploration. You will find those, as well as community, archaeology, food, drink, fishing, wilderness, music, and many …

Music is a great way to connect, with friends, with strangers, with places you love and places you dream of. Music is a great way to connect with the …

The music of Ireland is as varied as its landscape, with stories to tell as varied as the lives shaped by those landscapes. In the physical landscapes of Ireland …

Ireland by podcast: from fishing to climate change to comedy for varied tastes to music also for varied tastes to business to drama to politics, there are all sorts …

Robert Burns: he’s the national poet of Scotland. Whether you’ve been to Scotland or not, though, you’ve likely encountered the work of Robert Burns. You may have sung Auld …

Winter season and winter holidays: both can be stressful, filled with unexpected twists and turns, changes and situations you hadn’t thought about. These circumstances often arise whether you are …

Music opens doors to other cultures, other landscapes. It can open connections, share stories, and help us go more deeply into places new, and places familiar. Music can bring …

Scotland has widely diverse landscapes, from rocky shore to verdant forest, high mountain to secluded glen,rushing stream to quiet loch. Scotland’s music holds many varied strands, too. If you …

In Scotland, you’re never far from water. There’s Loch Ness with its mysterious waters, Loch Lomond with its classic song, lighthouses at the coasts, passages across to many islands. …