October 17, 2006
Is musical tourism just exploration or appropriation? Depends on who's doing it probably...
“All tourists...embody a quest for authenticity, and this quest is a modern version of the universal human concern with the sacred. The tourist is a kind of contemporary pilgrim, seeking authenticity in other ‘times’ and other ‘places’ away from that person’s everyday life.”
-- John Urry, The Tourists Gaze
An interesting read into 20 year old, Sante Fe, NM native, Zach Condon's musical project under the name "Beirut" which explores gypsy and other Balkan folk music.
READ ARTICLE HERE
More on modern gypsy and Balkan music: Gogol Bordello, DJ Shantel
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