Category: world music
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. …
In the month of November every year, the United States marks Native American Heritage month. Here are four ways to join in. Visit Visit a museum that focuses on …
Gaelic. Maybe you’ve been introduced to the language through Outlander on television or through the film Brave. Perhaps you’ve seen Gaelic on road signs or in museum descriptions in …
What sort of music do you notice as you travel in the United States? The United States is one of the larger countries in the world, which means its …
Cape Breton Island: it is a place where mountain meets sea, an island that is the far northern part of the province of Nova Scotia. A bit out of …
Kelpies: unless you live in Scotland, that may not be a word you know. It is much better known since Scottish Canals chose The Kelpies as the name for …
The Proms: orchestras, opera, folk music, jazz, top class artists from across the United Kingdom and from many other parts of the world, rock stars and stars of classical …
A few years ago, my mom and her husband packed up their homes in California and relocated to a town outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Once a year, some of …
(Part of the Austin Rocks series of posts by a local about things to do and see in Austin, Texas) There are all sorts of ways to enjoy the Austin music …
Canada: as much as it is a vast country in landscape, it is made up of regions, towns, cities, communities. Each of these places is home to people with …
