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What to Do in Nashville (If Country Music Isn’t Your Thing)

While most people associate Nashville with country music concerts and honky-tonk bars, Music City has plenty to offer everyone, even those who aren’t fond of the city’s most famous musical export. Here are but a few things to do in Nashville if country music just isn’t your thing.

10 of the World’s Best Music Cities

papagaio-pirata/Flickr Music is an international language, spanning cultures across the world, and, in fact, across time. Looking at today’s musical landscape, certain cities truly stand out for their music scenes, whether for classical music, jazz, or even techno. In honor of International Music Day on October 1, we’re naming some of our favorite cities for…

The Top Summer Travel Trends of 2017

Beach at the Franciscan Lakeside Lodge/Oyster Family road trips, beach trips, and mountain and lakeside getaways enjoy enduring popularity in the summer — one of the most popular times of the year to travel. These classic summer-travel staples are as mainstream and treasured as ever, but we’ve noticed a few other travel trends defining summer…

Why Eurovision Is Everything Right with the World

Photo by Andres Putting As I was packing for my recent trip to Europe, I felt something I’d never felt before — fear. The news earlier this year had been absolutely bleak. Following the heartbreaking terrorist attacks in Paris, a second wave of attacks had hit Belgium, including a bomb at a Brussels’ metro station.…

5 Hotéis onde lendas do rock n’ roll dormiram e não deixaram ninguém dormir.

Não seria rock n’ roll se a performance não continuasse fora dos palcos, num ritmo frenético de festas varando a madrugada, comportamento rebelde e auto-destrutivo. Nestes 5 hotéis nos Estados Unidos e Canadá, alguns dos artistas mais ícones da música internacional deitaram, rolaram e deixaram muitas histórias para serem contadas e até prejuízos materiais para…

The 15 Best Stateside Music Festivals This Spring and Summer

Photo credit: Flickr.com/santi_nor Every year at the end of April, thousands make the hot and slow crawl to SoCal’s Indio Valley for the season’s first (and arguably most famous) music festival. You might say the annual pilgrimage to Coachella is a sort of rite of passage for hardcore festival-goers and music fans. But as avid…

Coachella: The Perfect Hotels for Every Type of Fan

So, you scored tickets to Coachella? Sweet. Even if the festival is on the verge of becoming overpriced and over-exposed, this year’s lineup is practically too good to pass up. While tickets and flights may have set you back a fortune alone, the idea of pitching a tent in the desert for a weekend doesn’t…

Find Your SXSW-Inspired Hotel in Austin

What started as Austin’s South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in 1987 (which 700 people attended) has grown to become one of the largest festivals and conferences in the music, film, and technology industries. This year will bring nearly 80,000 participants, including film industry leaders, popular music acts, and start-up companies looking to build…