This week in Coatepec is the Festival San Jeronimo, a week-long celebration in honor of the town’s patron saint. In English we know him as Jerome, c. 347 – September 30, 420, an early translator of the Christian and Hebrew scriptures. As I write this, fireworks – really big, loud ones – are exploding somewhere [...]
I was in Xico today and didn’t realize it was a fiesta day until this parade came up the street – they do this kind of thing a lot, at least once a month if not more. I grabbed my camera and took three short videos, all worth watching for a taste of “deep Mexico”. [...]
This video is just too beautiful not to share: musicians in multiple places around the world playing together on a single song. playingforchange.com – From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King [...]
My friends Soley and Andreas playing a couple of sets of their hot alt-Latin-flamenco at Charlie’s.
I realize that a lot of my posts lately have been about stuff going on at Charlie’s – the restaurant-bar-live music venue on the avenue in Tulum pueblo – but honestly, Charlie’s is awesome. I’ve seen a few bars in my life, and this one is special. It’s wide-open to the street, full of beautiful, [...]