Here at Museyon HQ we’re already getting excited — very excited — for the October launch of Music+Travel! While you’ll have to stay tuned for all the details, be sure to head over to our new Myspace profile to see and hear some of our favorite bands from the book. Like what you hear? Add us as a friend ... Read More »
Listen up music buffs! Museyon’s big launch is less than a month away, but that’s not the only good news we’ve got coming your way. Museyon is proud to announce the Museyon Guide to Music + Travel: Touring the World Through Sounds and Scenes. Read More »
Coming September ’09 MUSIC + TRAVEL A Curated Guide to Your Obsessions Edited by Museyon Guides Touring the World Through Sounds and Scenes. Searching the globe for good music? Then listen up and look for Museyon Guides’ Music + Travel. With this new guidebook, curated by experts in the industry, you will: travel to Russia and experience the country’s long ... Read More »
<Excerpt from New York Offbeat Walks: Midtown> Walk on, stopping outside (26) 1678 Broadway—approximately where the parking sign is today. This venue has an equally important place in modern music culture as its basement was home to The Birdland Jazz Club from 1949 to 1965. It was named for jazz pioneer and saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955), whose nickname was “Bird.” ... Read More »
Special Chapter for Lust, Lies and Monarchy Black lives matter! In the mid-19th century, Gezo, king of Dahomey in West Africa, was notorious as the largest dealer of slaves in the world. His vast army of 50,000 soldiers, many of whom were female, regularly invaded neighbouring territories. The old and weak were killed, and the remainder kept captive before being ... Read More »
Museyon’s newest title, Inspired! : True Stories Behind Famous Art, Literature, Music, and Film by Maria Bukhonina was conceived with an interesting premise. Each chapter focuses on what inspired an artist, what they created as a result, and how it continues to inspire. The chain of inspiration began for me as I edited this book. When I read about Andy ... Read More »
Author John Baxter presents another fascinating story to add to his latest Museyon title French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur. Enjoy this special promotional chapter about the photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue! In 1962, a placid white-haired Frenchman of sixty-nine wandered into the Manhattan offices of photography agent Charles Rado. With him was a ... Read More »
Chronicles of Old Chicago is reviewed highly by Chicago Tribune. This is a must-read book for American history buffs, Chicago residents, baseball fans, political historians, tourists, and you! “Though “newer Chicagoans” are here (the late Roger Ebert, Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama), it is the “old Chicago” of the title that is the real star, the Chicago of the popular ... Read More »
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