This is a city with a musical obsession, the birthplace of jazz, with influences from all over Africa and the Caribbean that can still be heard today. New Orleans' musical chops really need no introduction. Street performers playing music on sidewalk in the French Quarter.
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Zaperoco is the city's classic salsa venue however, you should hop between Tin Tin Deo, Siboney and La Topa Tolondra to get the full experience. If you love to dance, or you love to watch other people who actually know what they're doing dance, then you have to visit Cali, and prepare for a few long nights. Cali, ColombiaĬali is known as Colombia's "salsa capital", which pretty much makes it the world's salsa capital. Aging punks, meanwhile, should head across to Berkley to visit the classic 924 Gilman Street venue.
You'll also find Amoeba Music in the Haight – a must-do record story for vinyl fans. This is the home of Haight-Ashbury, the district that played such a huge part in hippie and psychedelic culture, and many of the landmarks of that era remain. San Francisco, USAĪny student of musical history, any fan of the hippie movement of the 60s and 70s, would already know about San Francisco. To listen to trad music in Dublin, head to the Cobblestone or O'Donoghue's, grab a pint and get ready to sing. If there isn't a band on stage, there will be regular punters bringing along their instruments to get the crowd going. The Irish love a song, something you'll appreciate from the moment you set foot in any traditional pub across the country. So to New York, Portland, Seattle, Memphis, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Leipzig, Bologna, London, Vienna and many more: apologies.) Los Angeles, USA (First though, a short admission – I've had to exclude some truly great music cities from this list, purely for the sake of space. The closest we have in Australia to a city like that is Melbourne, but even that pales in comparison to some of the musical hotspots around the world, the sort of places that every music fan should visit in their lifetime. It's the sound of live music floating through the air, working its way out of pubs and bars and theatres and clubs. It's the record stores that sit on every corner. It's all the venues displaying lists of bands coming to play. You know when you're in a city that loves music. Chateau Marmont - good for celeb-spotting Photo: Alamy
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