Talk about multi-talented. Not many leaders of the world of business and finance can also claim to be Grammy-nominated singers. Chandrika Tandon can. Born in India, Tandon was trained in classical Indian vocalization as a girl, influenced by her talented mother. Instead of the arts, however, Tandon pursued business, spending years as a partner with McKinsey […]
Folk music
Vienna Teng
TravelTracks has a guest writer this week! Sarah Stewart is a freelance writer (and, full disclosure, she is also TravelTracks’ sister) who specializes in travel and recreation writing. She recently saw singer and musician Vienna Teng perform and was captivated. Read on for her account… The haunting rise and fall fills the auditorium, from the […]
Danza de los Voladores
Indigenous cultures the world over perform rituals to please the gods and ask for blessings. While the majority of these rituals take place on terra firma, the Danza de los Voladores (Dance of the Flyers) is a bit different. The ritual, which is said to have been created to ask the gods to end a […]