(Don't forget, there are lots more photos posted here . On the final leg of this journey, in a plane heading to Dallas (!), on the ret...

This is more video from the amazing Couso Festa de Outono on 7 Nov, 2009. This video features three of the gaita (bagpipe) based groups we...

One thing that truly mystifies me is why many cultures, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian, are so darn afraid of fresh air, at least in "wint...

Earlier on this current trip, I was invited to attend an astonishing demonstration of what appears to be a very healthy folk scene in Galici...

Right outside my hotel in Florence is the Mercato Nuovo , the new market, which was new about 500 or more years ago. It is now the site of a...

This is part of a group I've seen a few times in Florence playing in different places, different configurations. I am not sure where the...

Can't seem to ever have time to write. I've been in Santiago and Florence accompanied by other folks and now, since yesterday, I...