“TheCanJam isn’t just a musical group, it’s really the spirit of the music. What the music does for people.” Germaine Thomas, American chanteuse and long-time resident of Stockholm is one of the featured performers of TheCanJam, a musical experience inspired and nurtured by magician and performing artist Christiano Can. “Performing with the Jam puts you in […]
Global Juke Joint: TheCanJam Read More
The beauty of Stockholm is most vivid in the city’s quiet interstices: the shush of an electric blue pendeltåg as it shoots down the railroad track and into a tunnel, the muted hum of designer baby stroller wheels on concrete, the hush of smoke wafting from a cup of coffee caressed in slender, pale fingers.
The Quiet Beauty of Stockholm Read More
Martin and I have been friends since I first CouchSurfed at his place in Stockholm during my whirlwind round-the-world tour in 2009. Recently, I hung out at his place and he finally decided to teach me a little Swedish before dinner. 🙂
Ernest + Martin Speak Swedish Read More
Who would expect hundreds of yellow-haired Vikings to be bouncing energetically to “Bonita Applebum” and not missing a word of Aretha’s “Think” on a random late-summer’s eve? Sure as hell wasn’t me; seeing a rack of blonde “single ladies” bouncing their Nordic booties on-beat (y’all read right) left me verklempt. I have to give it
Hip-Hop in the ‘Holm Read More
