The Mayan Riviera is a privileged strip of magnificent white sand that stretches across several small towns along the Caribbean-facing edge of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Warm crystal waters and nearly perfect year-round weather have drawn savvy travelers here for a few decades, and a strong tourism sector has since sprung up in response. Visitors are now surrounded by cultural options, including all kinds of music from indigenous Mayan folk to modern club tunes.
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Croatia: The New Ibiza
This year, as fellow clubbers begin to book their traditional trip to Ibiza, some of us are changing the tune. It’s not that the original party scene has died a death – it has quite simply been relocated.
Steve Albini or Poker Player?
Poker has always had a link with music in some way. While the tournaments are running if you take a look around the poker tables, there are numerous poker pros and participants sitting with their designer headphones churning through their favourite tracks. It is even better when you discover that there is a famous musician at the poker tables, and this isn’t just any musician as Steve Albini has worked with Nirvana, The Stooges, Pixies, Manic Street Preachers, Neurosis, PJ Harvey and more, all while squeezing in a few games of poker in the middle of his busy music schedule.
Music Engineering At Shambhala Music Festival
Held every August on a large farm acreage just outside the small locale of Salmo, British Columbia in the heart of Canadian wilderness is an annual phenomenon, both from an artistic and music perspective. Shambhala originally found its inspiration in its larger American counterpart, Burning Man, which is a massive communal event emphasizing community, self-expression, and radicalism. And, most importantly, a complete lack of corporate sponsorship – everything is run by volunteers.
Visiting Tenerife: Bay Tree Forest and Punta de Teno
Tenerife is one of the Spanish Canary Islands which are less than two-hundred miles from the African coast so the weather is generally very pleasant. Temperatures rarely fall below sixty degrees, even during the winter months and in the summer they peak in the mid-seventies. Because this climate has no real extremes, it makes it a very enjoyable holiday destination in Spain all year round.
