Miscellany

Welcome aboard Hurtigruten’s MS Polarlys for a whirlwind tour of the Norwegian coast

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guardianmusic:

ALABAMA SHAKES ON THE STREETS OF PARIS

One of the latest Take Away Show videos made by LaBlogotheque (the godfathers of the online music session). As ever, it’s quite something. CS

Ah.  That was brilliant.

nprmusic:

The Lancaster County trio behind The Stray Birds is one of the finest young bands on the folk circuit. Watch Maya de Vitry, Oliver Craven and Charles Muench perform their hit single, “Dream in Blue,” for Folk Alley.

Brr?

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From wejetset magazine:

Following the amazing travels of Lars Musschoot as he surfs the waters of Norway and Tarifa, Spain. 

Watch.

SO touching. What a perfect example of the power of music.

nprmusic:

If you have not seen the video of Henry, an elderly Alzheimer’s patient in an American nursing home, suddenly become revived by hearing the music of his youth through an iPod, then stop whatever you’re doing and watch it. A week later, it still makes me tear up.

The clip is part of a documentary called Alive Inside, which follows social worker Dan Cohen as he creates personalized iPod playlists for people in elder care facilities, hoping to reconnect them with the music they love. Cohen tells NPR’s Melissa Block that the video of Henry is a great example of the link between music and memory.