Tag Archives: Music

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Scottish Musicians Are So Photogenic

I’m packing up and heading to Joshua Tree for the weekend, but wanted to share a couple of photos from that glorious Scotland visit.

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What’s stopping you from doing what you love?

I did something brand new (for me, at least) yesterday.

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Listening for Secret Messages

Important messages can come from all kinds of places, at any time.

Posted in Unleash Your Inner Hero
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Turns Out Face Bacon is a Thing

Sorry I missed posting last week – personal life (or just life, I suppose) has been a bit challenging lately, but nothing I can’t handle. Here are some more memorable moments from New Orleans:

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Mumford & Sons Take Over Taos

You know what it takes to grow Taos from its usual 7,000 people to 17,000 in just one day? Invite bigger-than-God Mumford & Sons to play in Kit Carson Park.

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Songbirds and Greeks in Nashville

Nashville is home to Music Row, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and is the capital of Tennessee, but despite all that the city feels pretty soulless. (Whereas Memphis is loaded with soul, in all senses of the word.)

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Fashion Inspiration at the Country Music Hall of Fame

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville is a must. I don’t care if you don’t even like country music – if you’ve ever listened to the radio, you’re going to find something relevant and interesting. Not to be missed.

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Getting My Country On at the Grand Ole Opry

If you’re at all interested in country music, you have to stop at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and take the tour.

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The Painted Desert: Fantasy and Fact

The Painted Desert in Arizona is 150 square miles of badlands. That sounds so rock and roll, doesn’t it? Like Keith Richards might appear, offer you a shot of expensive scotch and something illegal, then grab your hand and drag you out for an ill-advised midnight hike through the desert, where he’d bust out his guitar and serenade you with all those Stones songs they […]

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Staying Gone

Today’s post is the last of the year, and it felt appropriate to share another maudlin but beautiful song I can’t stop listening to:

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