In some music scenes around the globe, like the many detailed in our “Music + Travel Worldwide” guidebook, are bright and inviting, full of cheerful talented people who want nothing more than to share their songs with the world. In others, fans spend their spare time cutting themselves and burning down churches while musicians make soup out of each ... Read More »
Edvard Munch was not what one would call a happy soul. After all, this was the man who painted “The Scream”. By the age of five he had lost his mother to disease, his favorite sister followed her nine years later, his father was an overly pious depressive, and madness, poverty, and ill health haunted the family. After studying ... Read More »
He was the “handsomest man in Norway,” but he wasn’t lucky in love. That’s the story of Edvard Munch, the painter best-known for his iconic image: The Scream, a icon more reproduced than even the Mona Lisa. Munch spent much of his life working in and around the city of Oslo, where much of his work remains today. In ... Read More »
On today’s episode of Meet Museyon let’s all give a warm welcome to Peter Margasak, our man in Chicago. He’s the guy behind the Chicago Reader’s music-minded Post No Bills blog, and a “brutally honest” critic with an encyclopedic knowledge of music. In Music+Travel Worldwide, he’s your guide to the ins and outs of the city’s legendary jazz scene. Find out ... Read More »
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