9 articles tagged with music history
When I first rolled into Florence, Alabama with my toolbox to fix up some bathroom fixtures at a local hotel, I had no idea I was stepping into hallowed musical ground. But man, this small town packs a serious punch...
There's something utterly magical about venturing somewhere completely unexpected—especially when traveling solo. After months of intense work on Delhi's river restoration project, I found myself with a rare long weekend and a peculiar desire to explore somewhere off my usual...
The morning bells of St. Joseph's Catholic Church greeted me as I stepped onto Macon's historic streets, their resonance reminding me of the Benedictine monasteries I once recorded in Bavaria. This central Georgian city—often overshadowed by Atlanta and Savannah—holds a...
Standing in the humble two-room house where Elvis Aaron Presley took his first breath, I felt a wave of emotion that surprised me. This tiny home in Tupelo, Mississippi—barely 450 square feet—cradled the beginning of a cultural revolution. As someone...
I've scaled the granite faces of Patagonia and trekked through the misty Scottish Highlands, but sometimes the most surprising adventures happen when you least expect them. During a finance conference in Dallas last autumn, I made an impromptu decision to...
There's something magical about the way spring light filters through Macon's cherry blossoms, casting dappled shadows across antebellum architecture while notes of Southern blues drift through the air. Having spent years chasing artisans across continents, I found myself unexpectedly enchanted...
Much like a misaligned premolar that reveals its true character only upon closer examination, Bakersfield sits somewhat awkwardly in California's landscape—neither coastal paradise nor mountain retreat. Yet after a recent weekend detour while traveling between golf courses in Southern California,...
There's something magical about standing where musical history was made—a feeling I've chased from Ukrainian Orthodox cathedrals with their haunting choral traditions to the incense-filled temples of Southeast Asia. But sometimes the most profound musical pilgrimages happen in the places...
Standing in the heart of Salzburg's Old Town, I'm struck by how the city's baroque architecture mirrors the mathematical precision of Mozart's compositions—both complex yet somehow effortlessly harmonious. As someone who typically tracks climate patterns and environmental shifts across the...
