TravelTracks was flipping through the TV channels a few weeks ago and happened upon the local PBS station. It was Sept. 11, and the station was showing master film composer Ennio Morricone‘s 2007 Peace Notes concert, live in Venice. The concert was dedicated to the victims of 9/11 and to all victims of massacres, and […]
Live music performances
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 […]