California is the last and final stop for roots and Americana music, and Calicountry reflects the starry-eyed dreaming and free-love rambling of the Golden State itself. Los Angeles is the sound’s undisputed epicenter. Join Museyon Guide Jessica Hundley as she explores L.A. and its surrounding sister cities of Bakersfield, Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, and the neighborhoods of Topanga and Laurel Canyons to find the places ... Read More »
Jazz may have been born in New Orleans, but Chicago is its home. Join Museyon Guide Peter Margasak on a tour of the Windy City and trace the evolution of Chicago jazz from its 1920s heyday to its revival in the mid ’90s. Meet hometown heroes from experimental innovator Sun Ra to contemporary flautist Nicole Mitchell, discover essential albums and find out where ... Read More »
Hey, blogs are fun but you want our book. Yes you do (just keep staring into this blog… that’s right… you’re getting sleepy…). Museyon: Film + Travel comes in three volumes and covers the whole world. The trilogy drops June 5, 2009. Just in time to plan your summer film pilgrimage to Europe, Asia, Africa … or maybe just around ... Read More »
Museyon Guides Our thirst for knowledge and interest in other places and peoples often takes us into uncharted territory. The Museion, built in ancient Alexandria, Egypt, was an institute founded to expand our knowledge and dedicated to the Muses the sister goddesses of art, poetry, literature, philosophy and music. The Museyon Guides were created as an expression of that same ... Read More »
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