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Travel Notes
by Grace McNally
Travel Notes is a show that uses music as a medium to explore the ways in which we are all connected.
Episodes
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Travel Notes x Charleston Jazz Festival Special Edition Featuring Big Chief Donald Harrison
Today, we’re honored to be joined by a true cultural torchbearer — saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and Big Chief of the Congo Square Nation… Donald Harrison. From second-line rhythms in New Orleans to classical orchestration, nouveau swing to trap-infused jazz — Donald Harrison’s musical reach...
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Travel Notes with Jacob Edgar
We’re kicking off Season 5 of Travel Notes with a true global music visionary—Jacob Edgar! As an ethnomusicologist, cultural explorer, and world music tastemaker, Jacob has spent his career uncovering the sounds that shape cultures around the globe. In this episode, we dive into the fascinating...
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Travel Notes Featuring Silkroad Ensemble's American Railroad Project with Maeve Gilchrist
Today on Travel Notes, we are featuring the American Railroad project by the Silkroad Ensemble in anticipation of their show at the Charleston Gaillard Center on November 19th. Today’s special guest, celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist takes us behind the scenes of this monumental project. Silkroad’s...
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Travel Notes Featuring Eljuri
Today on Travel Notes, we talk to musician and songwriter, Eljuri. Eljuri is a New Yorker, immigrant, Latina, woman, singer, and guitarist. Her greatest passions are songwriting and activism. Her music is a fusion of Latin, reggae and global rhythms with rock and funk. Her bilingual songs are...
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Travel Notes Featuring KUNÉ
In this episode of Travel Notes, we explore the vibrant city of Toronto through the music of KUNÉ, Canada’s Global Orchestra with special guests, Aline Morales & Matias Recharte. Formed in 2017 by The Royal Conservatory of Music, KUNÉ became an independent collective in 2021. This eleven-piece...
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Travel Notes with Laura Risk
This month on Travel Notes we head north to Canada where we talk with Laura Risk, assistant Professor in the Music and Culture program of the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough and professional Scottish and Québécois fiddler. Her fiddling has been...
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Travel Notes with Laura Diaz Featuring the Music of Joaquín Orellana
Welcome back to Travel Notes! Today, we're thrilled to chat with professional violinist, Laura Diaz. Laura's musical journey took her from graduating with degrees in Music Performance, Music History and Computer Information Systems to a 2021 SURF Grant where she explored Guatemalan composer…
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Travel Notes Featuring Kobo Town
In today's show we are going somewhere we’ve never been before on Travel Notes! We are going to the southernmost island in the Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela, perhaps most musically well known for their steel drums thanks to their economy’s heavy reliance on petrochemicals and…
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Travel Notes with Eleanor Dubinsky & Darío Acosta Teich
Today's musical guests on Travel Notes are two lovely humans and fantastic musicians: Eleanor Dubinsky & Darío Acosta Teich. Eleanor is a USA-born vocalist, guitarist and cellist who sings in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Her music is open-hearted and culturally fluid, connecting...
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Travel Notes with Sona Jobarteh
This week on Travel Notes, Grace talks with the groundbreaking Gambian kora virtuoso, Sona Jobarteh! Sona is breaking barriers as the world’s first professional female kora virtuoso from the West African Griot dynasties. With a lineage of renowned Kora masters, including her grandfather Amadu...
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Travel Notes LEAF Global Arts Retreat Exclusive: Jennifer Pickering & Adama Dembele
Travel Notes highlights the LEAF Global Arts retreat happening May 9-12 in historic lake Eden, NC and talks with special guests, Jennifer Pickering who is the co executive director of LEAF Global Arts non-profit based in Asheville NC and Adama Dembele, LEAF Cultural Ambassador who is also a...
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Travel Notes Savannah Music Festival Exclusive: Derek Gripper & Ballaké Sissoko
In today’s episode of Travel Notes we are talking with Derek Gripper who has been on the show before and a renowned South African guitarist, whose love for the kora set him to transcribing and recording some of its greatest works. He is joined by Malian kora virtuoso, Ballaké Sissoko for their...
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Travel Notes Featuring FRÄNDER
Join us on today's episode of Travel Notes as we journey to Uppsala, Sweden to chat with folk musician Gabbi from the Nordic folk/rock band, FRÄNDER. I was lucky enough to catch FRÄNDER live at the Scandinavia House in New York City earlier this year and I can tell you first hand that you guys…
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Travel Notes Featuring Albert Mazibuko from Ladysmith Black Mambazo
On today’s episode of Travel Notes, we are featuring a musical group that had humble beginnings on a farm in South Africa some 63 years ago. Today, they are living legends whose music has played a pivotal role during the apartheid in South Africa. Nelson Mandela listened to their music while he…
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Travel Notes with Clay Ross from American Patchwork Quartet
Drum roll….it’s the first episode of Travel Notes for 2024! I’m so excited about this year’s first guest - Clay Ross, a multi-grammy award winning guitarist/vocalist, composer and educator about his group American Patchwork Quartet or APQ. I saw the American Patchwork Quartet perform at the APAP...
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Travel Notes with OKAN
In this episode of Travel Notes we are exploring the current political and cultural dynamic in Cuba through the eyes and upcoming album of Grammy nominated powerhouse duo, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne’s who perform under the name OKAN. Fusing Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and…
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Travel Notes with Kurtis Lamkin
Today on Travel Notes Grace is joined by special guest is Kurtis Lamkin, a Philadelphia born and Charleston based poet and musician specializing in the west african kora and an instrument called the jinjin. In true griot fashion, he blurs the line between poet, musician and storyteller. Kurt has...
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Venezuelan Music Pt II with the Venezuelan Sound Ensemble
In this part II episode of Venezuelan music on Travel Notes, we go live from the Ohm Radio studio with Charleston based group, the Venezuelan Sound Ensemble to bring you live Venezuelan folk music and conversation. We dive into the rich and multifaceted history and musical traditions that connect...
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Venezuelan Music Part I with Eliana Cuevas
In this episode of Travel Notes, we embark on the first leg of a journey through Venezuela's rich musical landscape with award winning Venezuelan born Toronto based musician, Eliana Cuevas. Her most recent album, Seré Libre, blends together classical, jazz, Afro-Venezuelan rhythms and folk music…
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Native American Music with Delia Chariker, Bill Whittaker & Cathy Nelson
Join host Grace McNally for an all new Travel Notes episode on Native American music and culture featuring Cathy Nelson from Keepers of the Word, an organization that works to preserve South Carolina Native culture and Two Piece, a Charleston based musical duo comprised of Delia Chariker and Bill...
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Travel Notes Roots Music with Osei Chandler
Today on an all new Travel Notes, Grace talks with Osei Chandler host of Roots Musik Karamu - one of the longest running radio shows on SC public radio. They talk about the African roots of Caribbean music, Osei’s contributions to South Carolina’s cultural and music landscape and more.
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Travel Notes Featuring Badi Assad
Today on Travel Notes, Grace talks with award winning Brazilian guitarist and songwriter, Badi Assad about her creative process, current projects, mindfulness practice, challenges she’s overcome during her career and more.
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Christmas Around the World
Happy Holidays from Travel Notes! Join me and special co host Ryan Lareau for a special holiday edition of Travel Notes, A Christmas around the World where we find out how the world sings about Christmas.
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Travel Notes Featuring Japanese Taiko Drumming
Inspired by my brother who is living and working in Japan, tune in to explore the ancient and immersive art form of Taiko Drumming!
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'Thieves of Dreams' Featuring Lenka Lichtenberg
In this episode of Travel Notes we are going to travel across the ocean and through time as we discuss Canadian musician, Lenka Lichtenberg’s latest project, ‘The Thieves of Dreams’ which features songs inspired by her grandmother’s notebooks from while she was in Theresienstadt concentration…
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Sicilian Folk Music with Michela Musolino
In this episode of Travel Notes, Grace McNally talks with Sicilian folk musician Michela Musolino about her music and musical journey as a Sicilian American. Together they discuss the rituals, traditions, people and idiosyncrasies surrounding Sicilian folk music. Now a resident of Memphis,...
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The War on Ukraine through the eyes of Ukrainian Musicians with Dan Rosenberg
In this episode of Travel Notes Season 2 Episode 2, I’m joined by Dan Rosenberg, a Toronto based journalist and music producer. He has traveled to more than 40 countries producing reports for the Rough Guides, The Times (UK), The Huffington Post, plus Cafe International, Toronto’s Classical FM,...
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Ukraine & The Classical Guitar with Ulyana Machneva
Season 2 of Travel Notes is officially here! I can't think of a better way to kick off season 2 than with the wonderful Ukrainian classical guitarist, Ulyana Machneva. Ulyana began playing classical guitar at age six and she currently teaches, composes and performs in Charleston, SC. Her career…
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Mali and The Classical Guitar with Derek Gripper
It’s Episode 12 and Travel Notes is officially 1 year old! In today’s show we are joined by a special guest, South African guitarist Derek Gripper. We dive deep into the nitty-gritty, not so pretty side of the classical guitar, explore the connection between kora master Toumani Diabate and JS…
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Reggae Roots & World Music with Azato
In episode 11 of Travel Notes, host Grace McNally is joined with Azato, the artist behind a 7 piece Honolulu based world roots/reggae band who blend together Afro Cuban, Jazz, Blues, Hawaiian, Samoan, classical, and African elements into their music. They talk about the message and inspiration...
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Irish Traditional Music's Influence on American Country Music with Chris Kirschbaum
In episode 10 of Travel Notes, we explore how traditional Irish music crossed the Atlantic and wove its way into the fabric of American country music. Host Grace McNally interview’s her friend and colleague, Chris Kirschbaum, as they discuss his connection to Ireland, pub culture, Irish…
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Cuban Trova Music with Susto's Justin Osborne
In episode 9 of Travel Notes, I sit down with Susto’s Justin Osborne to talk about an influential trip to Cuba and the connection between Cuban trova music and American troubadours such as John Prine. We talk about Susto’s new album, Time in the Sun and the common themes throughout the album such...
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Salsa, Peter Gabriel, Americana & Senegalese Music
In this month’s episode of Travel Notes, we cross the pond to Senegal, Africa, a country very close to my heart. Quick back story: My parents met, fell in love and got married in Senegal and Senegalese artists such as Youssou N'Dour and Baaba Maal filled our childhood home. From Peter Gabriel to...
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Argentinean Murga Porteña with Dr. Michael O'brien
In episode 7 of Travel Notes, host Grace McNally sits down with Dr. Michael O'brien - multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist and head of the Music Department at the College of Charleston. Together they explore an Argentinian carnival art called the Murga Porteña, and specifically a character...
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Travel Notes is a show that uses music as a medium to explore the world and ways in which we are all connected. Join host, Grace McNally, as we travel from the deserts of Africa to the beaches of Brazil - listening, dancing and talking with musicians who illustrate the richness of the music,...
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Exploring Afro Cuban Music with Percussionist Gino Castillo
In Travel Notes Episode 6, I sit down with my good friend and local musician - Gino Castillo to explore Afro Cuban Music. We talk about its' roots, role in the community and how shares similarities with other African influenced musical genres across the Americas. We dive into some of Cuba’s other...
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Exploring Middle Eastern and Fusion Oud Music with Peter Kfoury
In this episode of Travel Notes I sit down with Oud player, Peter Kfoury, to discuss all things Oud. We explore its’ history, learn about a historical renaissance man who is responsible for toothpaste to introducing the Oud to Europe and listen to and discuss a few of Peter’s compositions. You…
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Cambodian Psychedelic Rock and The Khmer Rouge
They have a saying in Cambodia, that music is the soul of a nation. In episode 4 of Travel Notes we find out exactly what that means when it comes to Cambodia’s rich and complex music and political history. Tune in!
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Gullah Spiritual Music of Charleston, SC Featuring Gullah Gospel Group The Plantation Singers
Listeners will explore Gullah spiritual music, one of the oldest folk music traditions in America, native to the beautiful city of Charleston, SC. I sat down with Ms. Lynette White founder of the Plantations Singers, a world renowned Gullah a cappella percussion gospel group. We talked about who...
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Afro-Brazilian Music of Salvador, Bahia Brazil
This episode we go south of the equator! Listeners will feel the Carnival spirit and Brazilian sun via the Afro Brazilian musical styles that originate in the magical city of Salvador de Bahia. Pack your sunscreen and dancing shoes!
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Malian Kora Music and American Mississippi Delta Blues
In this episode, we will cross the Atlantic to Mali, African and explore the link between Malian kora music and the American Mississippi delta blues.
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Travel Notes is a show that uses music as a medium to explore the ways in which we are all connected.
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Grace McNally
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