December 25, 2024 3:22 am

MUSIC

GIVE ME – Pritam Chakraborty / Becoming famous, after had been known for being a plagiarist.

A delicate fusion of Indian classical music with western influences. Its production reaches fever-pitch before Durga Puja (the most important festival in the Bengali Hindu calendar). Kumartuli https://www.gounesco.com/heritage-kumartuli-kolkata/ is the potters’ district of Kolkata, where the local inhabitants have been producing idols of every size (from clay and straw) for generations. Some of the larger figures can take up to …

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AN IRISH PUB SONG – The Rumjacks / That’s magic, they’re kicking Irishman out of an Irish pub for being Irish.

There’s this great new place opening nearby, let’s go and check it out. The best pubs and bars in Dublin? https://www.visitdublin.com/ Whether you’re after a velvety pint of Guinness, the sweet, or live Irish music in a candlelit café, we have good news: craft beer joints are on the rise. Outside there’s a touch of late-Victorian exuberance, and within the …

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FEEL THE THRILL – Priscilla Hernandez / A music concept that nourishes fantasy and fairy art, also as illustrator.

A female songwriter that has appeared on Faerie Magazine. Located in the Atlantic Ocean, La Palma is one of the Canary Islands that attracts travelers due to its natural beauty (volcanoes and black beaches). The whole island of La Palma is cone-shaped and its tallest peak is located 2426 meters above sea level. Don’t worry: the last eruption was recorded …

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EVERYONE KNEW HIS WALTZES – Olivier Métra / The son of an actor that had become music composer.

When you live between waltzes and operettas. You can’t come all the way to this land and not go for a tour of the champagne houses, between Mumm, Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin https://www.veuveclicquot.com/it-it and Taittinger. All its houses are lined up for you tour and taste. Every single French King (from 987 up in the 19th century), was crowned right at its …

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LABYRINTH – Dero Goi / The way of industrial metal band

Let me be your secret sin. Is a very young city, with a musical band really “in theme” with its environment. You could say that Wolfsburg owes its existence to one car, the VW Beetle. Over the next few decades a whole city was built for the Volkswagen plant’s workers. Its Autostadt (Automobile City) https://www.autostadt.de/start, is an cutting-edge attraction, with …

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I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART – Jeff Tweedy/ When your vocal style is emotional and raspy, like Neil Young.

Because everything alive must die. His first exposure to music was through gramophone records, that he left behind when they attended college, but his musical style has varied over his music career. His mother bought him first guitar when he was six years old. He is a native of Belleville (Illinois), where he was born in a August day 1967. …

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IF YOU SEE ME CRYING – Elena Paparizou / Dreaming to make a song with lyrics in every language in the world.

Ethno-beats and lush harmonies, on the white sands of the Greek seaside. The area’s mythical background captivates the visitor’s imagination. The Argonaut expedition (one of the greatest epics in the Greek mythological cycle), set sail from its Pagasetic Gulf. Volos is one of the most attractive cities in Greece, and the Pagasetic Gulf is one of the most beautiful areas …

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TROUBLE – Ray LaMontagne / Many people have compared his music to that of Otis Redding.

Waking up one morning, listening the song “Treetop Flyer”. It travels along a flat and scenic landscape, with many opportunities to see wildlife. It’s a trail that passes wetlands, where a variety of wildlife can be viewed (such as beavers, herons and swans). The Nashua River Rail Trail http://railstotrails.us/ma_nashua_river_rail_trail.htm is a 12.5-mile (20.1 km) paved mixed-use rail trail, it ends …

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THE GREAT ESCAPE – PatrickWatson / When it’s difficult to find a name, having an eclectic music style.

Starting to do some music to accompany a book of photography. Montreal is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. Among its notable people, you can find a special songwriter. It’s named after Mount Royal (a hill, in the heart of the city). Many archaeological evidence, demonstrates that First Nations native people occupied the island of Montreal …

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THE SOLO GUITARIST WHO BEGAN PERFORMING AS A BOY – Sabicas / The man that brought his art to concert halls and theaters.

Playing guitar at the age of five, performing debut two years later. It’s walls have a perimeter of 5 kilometres, which an evocative walk around the city, one of the most interesting and best conserved fortifications in Spain. You’re in Navarre, on the fertile Spanish plain of the river Arga sits Pamplona, a city full of history and deep-rooted traditions …

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