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Swiss bliss (and a near miss!) at Eurovision 2025 in Basel

Eurovision Media Centre Disc-riding 24-year-old Nemo having made history last year as the first non-binary winner of Eurovision for “The Code,” yesterday the 69th edition of world’s largest, longest, and perhaps most anticipated/beloved music competition came back to the country where it was born and first won the contest (with the lovely old chestnut "Refrain"), in 1956. Switzerland´s third largest city (pop. around 177,000). It must´ve been the most exciting thing to happen here since,…

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Its music is cited as one of "5 Reasons Why Colombia Is Among the World´s most Appealing Destinations"

Luis PerezThe mix of cultures in this country has given rise to some 150 genres of music, the most prominent of which are cumbia (popular among the Afro-Colombians of the Caribbean coast), currulao (of Afro-Colombians on the country's other coast, on the Pacific Ocean), joropo (in the northeastern Orinoco/Llanos Orientales region), and vallenanto (also from the northeastern zone of the Caribbean coast region). In addition, Caribbean salsa has become widespread - and in one city, Cali, it's…

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Merengue, the quintessential music of the Dominican Republic

LosMocanos.com Few cultural forms are more associated with the Dominican Republic than merengue music and the brisk, shuffling, hip-wagging dance that goes with it (no one’s exactly sure where the name comes from – sweet, frothy beaten egg whites or the “mareng” or “méringue” music of neighboring Haiti). Going back more than 150 years, like tango in Argentina it once scandalized the prim and proper because of its ribald lyrics and sexy moves. Well, that’s sure as heck a thing of the past…

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What went down at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden

SVT/EBU The world´s premier song contest just completed its spectacular 68th edition with the usual lineup of singing, dancing, special effects, silliness and seriousness, pulling in a TV audience of hundreds of millions plus thousands of fans who flocked to Sweden´s third city from 90 countries. Plus this year there was a degree of history making (non-binaries, take a bow!), along with controversy in the form of scandal (thanks to a goofy Dutchman) and protests (thanks to Israel´s…

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David Lawrence April 22, 2010 at 3:19am

This sounds great. You inspired me to go to the official blog page and reread your guide to Kansas City jazz.
Diana Lambdin Meyer April 21, 2010 at 9:32pm

News from the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City - Starting May 1, they will be open for tours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. And the radio show previously produced there is moving to a new venue, yet to be determined, but still, live jazz on NPR on Saturday nights at midnight.
Darryl Musick April 21, 2010 at 5:51pm

For this week's London theme, a late night on the town is the story behind this week's Travel Tune on The World on Wheels: http://tinyurl.com/y7a39zf

Travel Tunes - Week 23

Trying to find a song to tie into this week's London theme was harder than I thought it would be. The obvious choice, London Calling , is o...
Darryl Musick April 14, 2010 at 7:03pm

In conjunction with our trip report from New York City last week, this week's Travel Tune is all about the Big Apple on The World on Wheels: http://tinyurl.com/y7f8xgx

Travel Tunes - Week 22

Last week's New York trip was fantastic. We've never had a bad time in this great city. This week's tune is a tribute to New York, written...
Darryl Musick April 7, 2010 at 5:31pm

Baseball's opening week celebrated at The World on Wheels. In this week's Travel Tune, Keith Urban and John Fogerty take us out to the ballgame: http://tinyurl.com/ycp43gq

Travel Tunes - Week 21

John Fogerty took a 9 year break after his first unsuccessful attempt at a solo career following the breakup of Creedence Clearwater Revival...
Darryl Musick March 31, 2010 at 6:05pm

It's another Travel Tune playing slowly across The World on Wheels...
http://tinyurl.com/yejdrzb

Travel Tunes - Week 20

We've reached the second 10 songs in the series so the list for these songs are at the bottom. Follow the links and you can make your own ...
Darryl Musick March 24, 2010 at 4:49pm

Hand-picked travel music, check out the weekly Travel Tune at The World on Wheels: http://tinyurl.com/ykxkqea

Travel Tunes - Week 19

In light of our trip report to Kennedy Space Center, we're going way out there in our musical travels this week. It was 1969, man was going...
James Morris January 20, 2010 at 7:31pm

Hey, check-out Canada's top summer music festivals, here in Stratford, Ontario:

http://www.stratfordsummermusic.ca/

Happens mid-July, thru mid-August.
Adina Nutu - Explore Romania December 20, 2009 at 5:11pm

Did you know about International Festival and Competition of classical music George Enescu? http://www.festivalenescu.ro/
It takes place in Romania, every two years and it's becoming one of the biggest festivals of this kind in Europe.
David Paul Appell December 15, 2009 at 9:41pm

Ah yes, I've spent some time hanging around the pool at the Sevilla. Consider checking out our Cuba group, we've got some good info and Cuba experts you can ask about anything.