Even though there is the new Grand Ole Opry building (which I, for example, visited on 18 March 2022), the Ryman Auditorium is without a doubt the most classic and magical concert venue in Nashville. Music City hosts so many…
Museum at Bethel Woods – The Original Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
flycOn the second day of my Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing trip in April 2022, I was gifted to visit a very special and famous place of music history: Bethel Woods, home of the legendary Woodstock Festival. Even though there is…
Patsy Cline Museum (Nashville)
Even though Patsy Cline died at the age of 30, she is still regarded to be one of the most influential vocalists of the previous century. She is also regarded to be a true legend of the country music genre.…
Johnny Cash Museum (Nashville)
Johnny Cash – do I really need to say anything about this living country music legend? Cash is having its own shrine in the home of the genre. After I never made it before, I visited this place right after…
Rokksafn – The Icelandic Rock’n’Roll Museum (Reykjanesbaer)
Iceland is indeed a country, which is famous for its broad music culture. There are several Icelandic acts, which became global players in the industry, not just the most famous one, Björk. Southwest Iceland hosts the Rokksafn – or Icelandic…
Scala Museum Milan
Without a doubt, the Scala in Milan is one of the most famous opera houses in the world. While I might not be the right person to attend a full opera show, I was really happy that I had the…
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung – EAVliche Weihnachten – Ihr Sünderlein kommet?
The Austrian band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (hard to translate without spoiling it, it is an ironic wordplay with Versicherung = “Insurance” and Verunsicherung = “Uncertainty”) is one of the best German-singing acts I have seen live on stage. The more, I…
Icelandic Punk Museum (Reykjavik)
What do Icelandic people do if there is a public toilet in the heart of their capital, which they don’t have proper use for? I am sure your first guess was right: turning it into a museum. That’s (somehow) the…