Indiana to Iraq through music: Salaam Band

Coming up this Saturday, 1 August, it’s Flavours of Canada Day, also known asThe World’s Longest Barbecue.

According to the web site at http://www.flavoursofcanada.com

On 21st July, both Grammy award winning country musicians and students from a top Nashville music program will be at the White House as part of a series of events honoring the arts.

Potomac Celtic Festival Returns

"Recession-Busting, Stay-at-Home, Celtic Guitar Camp," taking
place in Medford, MA. and presented by Matt and Shannon Heaton.

If you play the pipes, highland or uillean, or know someone who does, you'll want to check out this notice from The Gathering Festival. They are offering chances for those who like to play pipes around the kitchen table rather than in formal pipe band situations opportunities to step out and play at one of homecoming year's biggest festivals. Kitchen pipers, read on for what the festival organizers have to say...

"The pipes, the pipes are calling...

In five minutes in Glasgow city center, you will very likely hear five different languages spoken, and English with accents from five different regions of Scotland as well.

People from all over the world come to the small city across the Charles River from Boston to work, study, create, and among other things, enjoy the hundreds of restaurants which offer cuisines from Ethiopian to Mexican, priced in ranges for high dollar spenders, families on an outing, and grad students on tight budgets. High end Henrietta’s Table and student friendly Bartley’s Burger Cottage make all the guidebooks, but there are other great choices, too.