Tag: Music
Rock ‘n’ Roll Landmarks
by Chris Epting | 03.19.10 | 1:07 PM ET
Chris Epting explores the sights, from the Hollywood bathroom where The Doors recorded "L.A. Woman" to the place the music died
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by Michael Yessis | 03.18.10 | 9:15 AM ET
The singer-songwriter behind Big Star, the Box Tops and classic travel song “The Letter” died of a heart attack in New Orleans. He was 59.
The greatest tribute song to Chilton has already been written, by Paul Westerberg:
Lover’s Moon
by Pico Iyer | 03.15.10 | 11:21 AM ET
iStockPhoto Pico Iyer on the power of travel to make a forgettable Glenn Frey song last forever
Video: Steve Almond’s Toto Takedown
by Eva Holland | 03.08.10 | 5:54 PM ET
Writer Steve Almond dissects the classic travel tune, Toto’s “Africa.” I’ll never hear the song the same way again. (Via @KelseyTimmerman)
The Grateful Dead: Airplane Book Fodder?
by Michael Yessis | 03.04.10 | 1:14 PM ET
Loved this aside in Joshua Green’s terrific story in The Atlantic about the Grateful Dead’s business prowess:
It can be only a matter of time until Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead or some similar title is flying off the shelves of airport bookstores everywhere.
Turns out the members of the Dead were business visionaries and masters of social networking.
The band knew a little something about travel, too.
Rock the Favela
by Caetano Veloso | 02.23.10 | 10:47 AM ET
iStockPhoto In an excerpt from the book "Culture is Our Weapon," Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso explores the power of AfroReggae in Rio
Men at Work Loses ‘Down Under’ Plagiarism Case
by Eva Holland | 02.05.10 | 2:29 PM ET
An Australian court has ruled that the flute section in the catchy travel song was lifted from “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree,” another Aussie classic that dates to the 1930s. Frontman Colin Hay has issued an emotional dissenting statement in response. Here’s the song in question:
Interview With Marco Werman: Traveling in Search of the World’s Music
by Jim Benning | 01.25.10 | 10:33 AM ET
Photo: Tracy Powell Jim Benning asks the public broadcasting host about a new show and his love of music from around the globe
‘They Listen to Me When Things Are Bad’ in Haiti
by Lisa Wixon | 01.20.10 | 12:00 PM ET
Photo by Lisa Wixon Lisa Wixon on the man behind Port-au-Prince's Hotel Oloffson, protest rocker and Vodou priest Richard A. Morse
R.I.P. Lhasa de Sela
by Jim Benning | 01.08.10 | 1:47 PM ET
The gifted Mexican-American musician, who sang in Spanish, English and French, succumbed to breast cancer Jan. 1. She was just 37.
Video: Stuck in Newark
by Eva Holland | 01.05.10 | 3:44 PM ET
Caught in the latest round of security-related airport gridlock, one passenger decides to make the best of things.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Love Letter to Japan’ by The Bird and the Bee
by Michael Yessis | 12.18.09 | 11:27 AM ET
Interview With Loreena McKennitt: Musical Travel Writing
by Jim Benning | 12.16.09 | 11:25 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the singer-songwriter about her most powerful travel experiences
Top Five Songs We Wouldn’t Want to Hear in Space
by World Hum | 12.15.09 | 12:34 PM ET
istockphoto Thanks to Virgin Galactic, Spandau Ballet could become the first band to perform in space. That got us thinking.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Manhattan’ by Kings of Leon
by Eva Holland | 12.03.09 | 11:08 AM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘See the World’ by Gomez
by Michael Yessis | 11.30.09 | 11:04 AM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Man in a Suitcase’ by The Police
by Michael Yessis | 11.16.09 | 12:29 PM ET
Coming Soon: The Robert Johnson Birthplace Museum?
by Eva Holland | 11.13.09 | 11:23 AM ET
Blues travelers, get ready to mark another must-see on your maps of Mississippi. The most mysterious of the famous Delta bluesmen could be getting a pilgrimage spot of his very own, as Copiah County looks to restore his birthplace and childhood home and open it to visitors. The home was identified a few years back, but there was no money for the restoration—now, with a movie about Johnson in the works, local officials see a fundraising opportunity. Here’s hoping they can get it done.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘I Drove All Night’ by Roy Orbison
by Eva Holland | 11.12.09 | 5:16 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Helpless’ by Neil Young
by Eva Holland | 11.10.09 | 3:09 PM ET
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