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Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Makes First Music Video In Space
May 13th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
It's official. We Canadians rock. If William Shatner and Bryan Adams aren't enough for you, there's Chris Hadfield. He's an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency and has become hugely popular with his videos about life aboard the International Space Station, answering such profound questions as how to cut your nails in space.
Now Hadfield is coming home. He's turned over command of the ISS ...
Fiddles, Bagpipes And Empty Beaches On Cape Breton's Cabot And Ceilidh Trails
May 2nd, 2013 at 10:00AM: After driving for miles on a dirt road through the pitch darkness and seeing no signs of life anywhere, I was certain we were lost. It was a perfect early August evening in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and we were looking for the Thursday night square dance in Glencoe Mills, a blink-and-you'll-miss it hamlet in Cape Breton's untrammeled interior. The road was so dark and so eerily quiet that when I ...On The Road With NPR Music: Matt Fleeger At KMHD, Portland, Oregon
Apr 23rd, 2013 at 11:00AM: Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling, largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...On The Road With NPR Music: Chris Campbell At WDET, Detroit, Michigan
Apr 18th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling; largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along ...On The Road With NPR Music: Gwen Thompkins At WWNO, New Orleans, Louisiana
Apr 16th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
We love music here at Gadling, and this month is Public Radio Music Month, which is why we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all month.
Today we're headed to the birthplace of jazz: New Orleans. But New ...On The Road With NPR Music: Andrea Swensson At KCMP, Twin Cities, Minnesota
Apr 11th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
We love music here at Gadling, and this month is Public Radio Music Month, which is why we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all month.
Name: Andrea Swensson
Member station: 89.3 The Current
Regular ...A Look Inside The David Bowie Exhibition At London's Victoria & Albert Museum
Apr 10th, 2013 at 3:30PM:
David Bowie is a pop star. David Bowie is a designer. David Bowie is an actor. David Bowie is a painter.
David Bowie is a lot of things, which is why it's appropriate that his retrospective at London's Victoria & Albert Museum is titled "David Bowie Is."
The museum gained unprecedented access to the David Bowie archive to select five decades of mementos like this striped bodysuit ...On The Road With NPR Music: Jeremy Petersen At OPB Portland, Oregon
Apr 9th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling, largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...On The Road With NPR Music: Laura Shine At WFPK, Louisville Kentucky
Apr 4th, 2013 at 10:00AM: Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling, largely because music is a great way to get to know a place.
This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...On The Road With NPR Music: John Vettese At WXPN, Philadelphia
Apr 2nd, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling; largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...Exclusive Gadling Playlist: Tropical Beats And Rhythms Even If You're Not On Spring Break
Apr 2nd, 2013 at 9:00AM:
Once a month we put together an exclusive Gadling playlist – a little something to bring you sounds from around the world.
Every month we choose a theme paired with one of our #ontheroad Instagram locations and choose some of our favorite tracks, giving you a music-inspired playlist meant to inspire a little wanderlust.
Last week we hit up the island of Reunion and this week we're ...The Historic Homes Where Jimi Hendrix And George Frideric Handel Were Neighbors (250 Years Apart)
Mar 20th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
When walking in London, keep an eye out for the Blue Plaques. These historic markers will tell you where famous people once lived, and occasionally make for strange combinations.
One blue plaque at 23 Brook Street in the exclusive Mayfair neighborhood tells how Jimi Hendrix lived there from 1968-1969. Next door at number 25 is another Blue Plaque, this time for Classical composer George ...Gadling Gear Review: V-MODA Crossfade M-100 Headphones
Mar 4th, 2013 at 8:00AM: Audiophiles are a tough group to please and traveling audiophiles even more so. They demand the absolute best sound out of their equipment and they seem to always be on a quest for better music quality. That's a challenging enough prospect when they're at home with a full-fledged stereo system at their disposal, but when on the road it can be nearly impossible. A good pair of headphones and a ...Music From Around The World: Viva La Flamenco, Exclusive Gadling Playlist
Mar 1st, 2013 at 9:00AM:
Even when we can't travel, we can escape to other worlds thanks to music. Be it samba from Brazil or a good new indie dance band from France, music has the power to transport us no matter where we are – which is why we're happy to bring you our new monthly playlist series.
Every month we'll choose a theme, paired with one of our #ontheroad Instagram locations, and choose some of our ...Discover Scandinavia In Washington DC: Nordic Cool 2013
Feb 20th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
Aurora Borealis, new Nordic cuisine, ice hotels, hot springs, fjords, moose, meatballs and music? Scandinavia is at the top of the list for a lot of travelers these days. But if you can't book a ticket to the northern countries this year, Washington, D.C., might be your next best bet.
The city is the host of Nordic Cool 2013, a month-long international festival celebrating the culture of ...The Kimchi-ite: A Stroll Through The Infamous Gangnam
Feb 20th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
Possibly the most famous thing to ever come out of Seoul, "Gangnam Style" has become one of the few things most people in the world know about South Korea. Judging by the more than 1.3 billion views Psy's music video currently has on YouTube, the most viewed video on the site, I can assume that if you haven't seen it multiple times, you have at least heard of it. I'm only just now, able to ...VIDEO: Children In Paraguay Create Music Out Of Trash
Jan 26th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Life in Cateura, Paraguay, is tough. The neighborhood is built on a landfill and the people there make their living rummaging through the garbage for things to sell or reuse.
Now they're using their skills to turn trash into beauty. They've started the Recycled Orchestra, in which local children play instruments made from trash. As this video shows, it's not just a cute pastime. The ...
The Music Of Virginia's Crooked Road
Nov 6th, 2012 at 11:00AM: It's Thursday night in Fries, a lonely little, old mill town in Southwest Virginia with a population of 484 souls. I'm with my wife and two boys at the old Fries (pronounced FREEZE) Theater listening to a jam session with a room half full of senior citizens. Admission is free, donations are accepted and hot dogs go for a buck and a quarter at a makeshift concession stand in the corner of the room. ...Austria Opens Its First Yodel Hiking Trail
Sep 15th, 2012 at 12:00PM: When people think of Austria, one thing that often comes to mind is the musical style of yodeling that was developed in the Alps. The country is proud of their melodious heritage, and is helping active travelers experience it outside of the theater with their first ever Yodel Hiking Trail.
Recently opened by Castello Hotel and Restaurant owner Christian Eder, the trail sits high above Austria's ...Video: Violinist In The Mountains Of Iran
Aug 29th, 2012 at 4:00PM:
I love hearing different music when I travel, and often it's the music I remember the most. One of my clearest memories of Bulgaria, for example, is an elderly woman on the streets of Sofia singing a folk song. Even though I didn't know the words, the song stuck with me.
Here's a video of another chance encounter with traditional music, this time in Iran. Youtube poster bornainspain was ...
