George Stolz

Goya and Madrid


Shamik Bag

India


Mel Campbell

Australia


Nick Frisch

Beijing, China


James Hendicott

Dublin, Ireland


Eve Hyman

Buenos Aires, Argentina


Jessica Hundley

Los Angeles, California, USA


Alexandra Ivanoff

Istanbul, Turkey


Peter Margasak

Chicago, Illinois, USA


Miles Marshall Lewis

Paris, France


Siobhan O'Leary

Berlin, Germany


Alina Simone

Russia


Meakin Armstrong

Southern USA


Lea Feinstein

Munch and Olso


Kristin Hohenadel

Van Gogh and Arles


Barbie Latza Nadeau

Caravaggio and Rome


Sandra Smallenburg

Vermeer and Delft


Mikael Awake

Ethiopia


Gemma Blackwood

Australia/New Zealand


Scarlet Cheng

Hong Kong


Eija Margit Niskanen

Japan


Mikael Awake

Iran


Elise Jongeun Yoon

Korea


Lee Middleton

Africa


Jose Lustre Jr.

Thailand/Morocco/ Puerto Rico


Andrea Chignoli

Argentina


Jason Anderson

Canada


Alvaro Ceppi

Chile


Nisha Gopalan

New York


Enrique Ramirez

Mexico City/Scandinavia


Liz Brown

San Francisco/Italy


Julien Sévéon

France


Tom Beer

UK


Laurel Maury

Russia


Pelin Turgut

Turkey


Shari Kizirian

Spain


Hannah Tucker

Germany


Spotlight On: Project O.G.I., Moscow

 
What began in the early 90s as the meeting of a few select friends to discuss art and culture in a private apartment soon grew into an intellectualists’ paradise in the form of Project (or Proekt) O.G.I. Project O.G.I. is part publisher, part art gallery, music venue, clubhouse, restaurant and all night bookstore. Nearly every [...]

Event Reminder: Museyon Storms Brooklyn’s WORD Tomorrow

Just making sure you’ve put it down in your itinerary and updated your iCal—tomorrow we are bringing our world of curated guides to your obsessions to our favorite bookstore on the planet (and from travelers like us that means something), Greenpoint’s own WORD. It’s “Russia Night” over at WORD and we’re packing a big bag [...]

OUT NOW! Music + Travel Worldwide: 12 Cities / 12 Scenes

In Music+Travel Worldwide our expert guides take a musical tour around the globe. Check out our sound sampler before you buy the book…
 
Jazz Land: Chicago by Peter Margasak
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Hometown Hero: Ken Vandermark and the Ken Vandermark 5
 

 
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Chanson Style

In Museyon’s Music+Travel Worldwide, Alina Simone is your guide to chanson, Russia’s soulful signature sound, a rebellious mix of folk music and outlaw tales. The thing is though, if you’re going to sing about life in the gulags, you’ve got to look the part.
 
That’s why we’re excited to see that the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia [...]

Meet Museyon: Alina Simone

On today’s episode of Meet Museyon, let’s say hello — or should that be привет — to Alina Simone. Alina is our guide to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and chanson, the soulful sound that grew from the Russian gulag. She’s also an accomplished singer songwriter. Meet Alina, hear her music and discover her favorite Soviet sounds [...]

Jailhouse Rock: Moscow + St. Petersburg

Born in tsarist jails, transformed in the gulag into a tool of political protest, and immortalized on gangsters’ graves — the criminal chanson is about as bad a they come. Chanson is Russia’s romantic version of gangsta rap (or the darker side of country music), a blend of melancholic folk with klezmer and gypsy music. Alina Simone is [...]