Tag: Travel Songs
Life on I-95: ‘The Road Most Traveled’
by Michael Yessis | 08.25.10 | 10:00 AM ET
NPR’s Weekend Edition launched an ambitious series Saturday, a three-weekend-long look at the most trafficked interstate in the U.S. It’s not this trafficked, but it’s pretty busy. And it plays a huge role in American life:
All along the Eastern Seaboard, Interstate 95 has helped shape the daily lives and vacation dreams of the roughly 100 million people who reside alongside it. They live in dense cities and rural counties in the 15 states through which I-95 passes on its nearly 2,000-mile, north-south path.
The Department of Transportation says that each year I-95 gets more VMTs—that’s vehicle miles traveled—than any other road. The traffic on I-95 peaks in August as legions of vacationers and college students join commuters, truckers, migrant farm workers and others on the road.
As an accompaniment, NPR recommends 95 songs for driving on I-95.
Video You Must See: ‘Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)’
by Michael Yessis | 07.29.10 | 12:25 PM ET
In this Welsh town, "Chips, cheese, curry makes you feel brand new." Take that New York and Jay-Z.
A Space Travel Playlist
by Eva Holland | 04.07.10 | 10:09 AM ET
Lapham’s Quarterly has a list of the tracks that were launched into space aboard Voyager 1 and 2 back in 1977. Thankfully, none of the top five songs we never want to hear in space made the cut. (Via Kottke)
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)
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
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
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
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Looking for Freedom’ by David Hasselhoff
by Eva Holland | 11.09.09 | 11:40 AM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Lodi’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival
by Michael Yessis | 11.05.09 | 4:32 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Marching Bands of Manhattan’ by Death Cab for Cutie
by Eva Holland | 11.02.09 | 1:35 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Decatur’ by Sufjan Stevens
by Michael Yessis | 10.30.09 | 1:26 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’ by Glen Campbell
by Eva Holland | 10.29.09 | 5:27 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Edinburgh Castle’ by Mike Scott
by Jim Benning | 10.28.09 | 4:11 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ by U2
by Michael Yessis | 10.27.09 | 5:19 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Thompson Girl’ by The Tragically Hip
by Eva Holland | 10.26.09 | 12:03 PM ET
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