Michael Bailey finally finds what he came for, as he sets off cycling amidst the monasteries and mountains of Armenia. I was willing to admit my knowledge failings in the field of classical music but I had never realised the term included “Cotton Eye Joe”. I was in the Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, and [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
The New Klezmers of Krakow
The Jewish district of Kazimierz in Krakow has long been the home of the city’s traditional klezmer scene. Duncan Rhodes meets the Polish musicians who are breathing new life into old wedding songs. In my mind I am a fresh-faced 19-year-old, full of the joy of youth, dancing and making merry at a village festival [...]
Welcome to Urban Travel Blog
The world is changing quicker than ever before, and so is the way we travel. It only follows therefore that the way we access our travel information is changing rapidly too. Out-of-date guidebooks (that weigh half a tonne), and fusty magazines filled with clichéd images of azure seas and golden sands hardly constitute ‘essential reading’ [...]
