A lot of TravelTracks readers have probably already seen this video, but it doesn’t seem right to let it go by without a mention. It’s a version of “Stand By Me” that’s different from any that you’ve heard before. Filmmaker Mark Johnson traveled around the world and asked local street musicians to perform the song. […]
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oh, play me some mountain music
Commuters run up and down the escalators of the Foggy Bottom Metro station in Washington, D.C.–women in suits and sneakers, men with briefcases and security badges. Twenty feet to the left of the subway entrance is a little piece of solitude. Sweet, soaring notes perfume the air, created by three small, dark men from the […]