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Music Travel Monday ANNOUNCEMENT from VERA MARIE: Kerry Dexter’s blog, Music Road is a finalist in the 2012 Bloggies. You can go to the Bloggies page and vote for Kerry as the BEST Music blog on the Internet. Voting closes in mid February, so do not delay. Destination: Romance Music: Lover’s Well by Matt and [...]
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Destination: Scotland Musical Album: Adoon Winding Nith (Whitefall Records) recorded by Emily Smith and Jamie McClennan A GUEST POST by Kerry Dexter
Commercial announcement: Nice mention of A Traveler’s Library at Sharing Travel Experiences in article about novels/travel. Thanks Stephanie Yoder!! The Great American Road Trip Destination: Tennessee Movie: Nashville (1974), directed by Robert Altman Nashville is a honky tonk of a movie: confusing, full of music and full of star-worshiping people with big hair.
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Great American Road Trip Destination: Buffalo, New York Book: City on the Edge by Mark Goldman My great aunt Maude Bartlett lived in Buffalo with her husband, dearCarlos. She always referred to him as though his name had three syllables. I never visited Aunt Maude in Buffalo, and Carlos died before I was born.
The 3rd book to be given away (announcement of winner on August 19):
Destination: Ireland Music: The Farthest Wave (Cathie Ryan) Here is the second post by Kerry Dexter of Music Road. This time she talks about a recording that introduces you to Ireland. Music for Ireland Contemporary Ireland is a country of connection and intersection. History, myth, and legend live as part of to the present in [...]
Destination: Scotland Music: Eddi Reader Sings Robert Burns (Eddi Reader) and Cuilidh, (Julie Fowlis) When I travel to a place, I frequently buy music along the way, and when I get home, the music takes me back. I like to put New Orleans jazz on while I’m writing, or listen to bouzoukis when I’m writing [...]
