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Sounds of the cities - Season 2
On the trail of music, history and culture - Season 1
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Singer-songwriter Foy Vance soaks up the sights and sounds of Chicago
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Northern Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance experiences the magic of Chicago-style blues, dives into the origins of house music and samples some of the best street food the city has to offer
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: the birthplace of US democracy
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French singer-songwriter Laetitia Sheriff is travelling around the US on the trail of music, history and culture. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the place where America’s modern journey began, so it was a fitting final stop on her travels.
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Discovering the Martin guitar at America’s 'most eclectic' music shop
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Join singer-songwriter Laetitia Shériff as she browses one of the world’s largest collection of vintage Martin guitars, at Vintage Instruments, a legendary Philadelphia music shop known for its extensive collections.
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Art, culture and epic landscapes: Asheville is North Carolina’s creative haven
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French singer-songwriter Laetitia Sheriff is travelling around the US on the trail of music, history and culture. For the next leg of her journey, she visited the “Land of the Sky”, Asheville, North Carolina.
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Retracing American history in Boston, Massachusetts
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French singer-songwriter Laetitia Shériff is travelling around the US on the trail of musical history and culture. She stopped off in Boston, a city with such an extensive cultural and intellectual tradition that it was once dubbed “the Athens of America”.
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Colourful and cosmopolitan: exploring the Bronx, birthplace of hip hop
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French singer-songwriter Laetitia Sheriff is travelling around the US on the trail of music, history and culture. Next on her tour is one of New York’s lesser visited boroughs: The Bronx.
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Visiting Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, the final home of a ‘sad soul’
The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is the humble abode in which the world-famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe spent the last years of his life. It’s a must-see on literature lovers’ itineraries when they visit New York and was one of the stops on French musician Laetitia Shériff’s trip to the Bronx.
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Detroit, Michigan: the city with a creative heart and a Motown soul
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Detroit, Michigan, was the next stop on Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance's musical tour of the US. Best known as the home of the automobile and of Motown, he discovered there was far more to this vibrant city "of resourceful people."
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Savvy Seattle, Washington: where innovation and nature collide
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Acclaimed Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance travelled around the US on the trail of music, history and culture. When he washed up in Seattle, Washington, he discovered a city with a distinctly independent spirit.
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On the trail of Santa Fe: New Mexico’s cultural melting pot
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Most of the stops on acclaimed Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance's whistlestop US road trip were places he'd played in before. When he rolled into Santa Fe, it was his first time in the New Mexican city. And he was smitten.
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Learning to ride a horse in the Wild West: Foy Vance visits Santa Fe
For Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance, visiting Santa Fe in New Mexico was an unforgettable experience. It was also the location of the highlight of his Notes from the USA trip: riding a horse on the Rocky Mountains.
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The Grog Shop, Cleveland: the ‘place to play’ for up-and-coming bands
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We’ve been travelling across the USA with northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance to discover some of the country’s best music, cuisine and culture. The journey continued in Cleveland, the city known to many as the 'home of rock'n'roll'.
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Muscle Shoals, Alabama: the small town of big musical hits
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Nestled in the corner of Alabama, Muscle Shoals was originally known for being the location of the Wilson Dam across the Tennessee River… that is until the music industry catapulted this sleepy Alabama town of just over 13,000 inhabitants into the limelight.
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Behind the scenes at music legend Rick Hall's FAME Studios
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As part of the series Notes from the USA, Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance takes us to a small town at the heart of the state’s musical reputation - Muscle Shoals - to discover the place where it all began… FAME Studios.
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Visiting Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: a place that changed the history
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You may not know much about the small town of Muscle Shoals, but it is renowned as one of the epicentres of the music industry. Both local and international musicians have recorded there.
