Tag: Travel Songs

Video: Steve Almond’s Toto Takedown

Writer Steve Almond dissects the classic travel tune, Toto’s “Africa.” I’ll never hear the song the same way again. (Via @KelseyTimmerman)


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Love Letter to Japan’ by The Bird and the Bee


Interview With Loreena McKennitt: Musical Travel Writing

Jim Benning asks the singer-songwriter about her most powerful travel experiences

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Top Five Songs We Wouldn’t Want to Hear in Space

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Thanks to Virgin Galactic, Spandau Ballet could become the first band to perform in space. That got us thinking.

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Travel Song of the Day: ‘Manhattan’ by Kings of Leon


Travel Song of the Day: ‘See the World’ by Gomez


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Man in a Suitcase’ by The Police


Travel Song of the Day: ‘I Drove All Night’ by Roy Orbison


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Helpless’ by Neil Young


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Looking for Freedom’ by David Hasselhoff


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Lodi’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Marching Bands of Manhattan’ by Death Cab for Cutie


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Decatur’ by Sufjan Stevens


Travel Song of the Day: ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’ by Glen Campbell


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Edinburgh Castle’ by Mike Scott


Travel Song of the Day: ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ by U2


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Thompson Girl’ by The Tragically Hip


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Paris’ By Yael Naim


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Blue Canadian Rockies’ by The Byrds


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Maps’ by Yeah Yeah Yeahs