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Music is a huge part of the allure in Branson, Missouri

Welcome to the town of Branson, set in the rolling Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri some four hours from St. Louis. In contrast with the rather pastoral area that surrounds it, Branson is an island of fun and frivolity, exciting thrill rides, and a long and varied list of entertainment options – along with a choice of more educational and even highbrow alternatives. They combine to create a destination that is somewhat, shall I say, different. Here’s a place where kitsch becomes catchy,…

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9 U.S. small towns and cities with big music chops

Hundreds of people who were jammed into an amphitheater swayed and clapped their hands in time to music. Not far away, a much smaller crowd listened with rapt attention as a trio combined the sounds of mellow jazz with hip-hop. Music fans gather in large cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas to treat their ears to favorite melodies and harmonies. Others around the country enjoy their preferred tunes and performers where they live, or close by.

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Welcome to Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

It’s baaaack! The 67th edition of the world’s largest and longest music competition, pulling in a worldwide television audience of some160 million and inspiring tens of thousands of fans to travel. For an exhaustive overview and a review of each song in the finals, read my post here.

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10 of the USA's top music festivals

Spring and summer are prime music festival season, and after being largely suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the most part they've come roaring back in 2022. The United States being the huge country that it is, there are dozens of options for all musical tastes. Here's a sampling of the top ten, in order of dates (all given for this year, but will be similar in 2023): read post

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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.
Shane Leahy December 15, 2009 at 9:35pm

Thanks David .. i will check them out .. four nights in Havana .. staying at Sevilla Hotel ..
David Paul Appell December 15, 2009 at 8:33pm

Shane, one of the great things about Havana (and I assume you'll be spending a good bit of time in Havana), is that music is all over the place. In particular, you'll want to see what's on at clubs like Café Cantante, El Gato Tuerto, and La Zorra y el Cuervo. There's also always a band playing at El Patio restaurant in front of the old town cathedral, and in the courtyard at the Hotel Nacional. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know!
Shane Leahy December 15, 2009 at 8:22pm

Awesome.. my two favourite things .. music and travel in one discussion forum. I am going to Cuba in a few weeks and really looking forward to checking out the music down there .. anybody got directions to the Buena Vista Social Club ???
Becki Carr December 8, 2009 at 7:34pm

Just a bit of self-promotion - Sixthman currently produces music-themed cruises for fans of everything from doo-wop to country/folk to rock and roll! Check out VH1's Best Cruise Ever, Malt Shop Memories Cruise, Cayamo (with Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earl, Brandi Carlile, and more), and Zac Brown Band's Sailing Southern Ground. sixthman.net

We love bringing music lovers together and welcome any questions or feedback!
Terence Baker November 19, 2009 at 10:20pm

While in Jerusalem, I found a great store selling CDs (probably mass-copied in a back of a house) and stocked up on Umm Qulthum disks. For those of you unfamiliar with her (and her name, which means Mother Singer, is transliterated in many ways), she is Egypt's greatest singer. Rumour is that wars and skirmishes were planned for when she was not on tour. Four million people turned up to her funeral when she died in 1975, and her coffin was temporarily "kidnapped" and taken to what her followers believed was her favourite mosque. Some of my friends in the late 80s/early 90s had a London-based band, Flavel Bambi Septet, which covered her music. The band might still be going.