Music and travel

Subject: RE: Aine's Mudcat Songbook PermaThread
From: GUEST,Jasica Rubel
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 11:49 AM

I’ve been exploring Mudcat threads on traditional songs and the stories behind them. It’s great to see how music connects people from many places and times. I’ve had moments on the road when a good folk tune made the trip feel richer. Just last week, while riding with Seattle Black Limo, a favorite old song came up in conversation, and it reminded me why music and travel go hand in hand. What songs make your journeys memorable?

Subject: RE: Aine's Mudcat Songbook PermaThread
From: GUEST,Jasica Rubel
Date: 16 Feb 26 - 04:38 AM

I have noticed that traveling often changes how I connect with music. Long journeys give more time to listen carefully and discover new songs or revisit old favorites. Sometimes different places create different moods for music. Do you find certain songs more meaningful when listening during travel compared to listening at home?

Subject: RE: Music and travel
From: Jack Campin
Date: 17 Feb 26 - 04:54 AM

I first heard "Jolene" as the piped music on a long bus trip down the Adriatic coast in Croatia. It relieved a rather boring ride and I still like it.

I used to travel with a Deger electronic bagpipe chanter. It made a good conversation starter, I could share the earphones. I once tried it in an internet cafe on the edge of Malatya in eastern Turkey at about midnight while waiting for the airport bus to meet my wife off the plane. The probably-Kurdish owner turned out to be a bagpipe buff and was inspired to crank up the sound on his PC to play a video of a regimental band. Meanwhile one of the customers asked me in Turkish, did I know anything about architectural glass? He'd travelled all over Turkey studying the use of glass in mosques. Apparently the chandelier in the big mosque in Ankara is an accident waiting to happen and you don't want to stand under it.