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Thomas Cook and the birth of commercial travel

We owe the invention of commercial travel to a woodturner turned temperance activist turned commercial tourism tycoon named ...
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With London on the horizon, local marching bands practice once more

The Legacy High School and Memorial High School marching bands are gearing up for their trip to London where the combined bands will perform in the 40th annual London's New Year's Day Parade. "We're ...
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Greendale High School Marching Band headed to the Rose Parade

Greendale High School Marching Band is heading to the Rose Parade on New Year's Day. The 200-member band will perform their routine over the 5 ½ mile parade route. The band has a strong legacy of ...
Tallahassee Democrat

ESPN HBCU Band of the Year contest: How did FAMU Marching 100 perform?

Florida A&M University's "incomparable" Marching 100 band was unable to defend its title in the 2025 HBCU Band of the Year national championship by ESPN. After taking home the trophy in last year’s ...
American Songwriter

3 Legendary British Rock Bands That Never Made It Big in the United States

Americans don’t mind an invasion if you arrive with mod looks, guitars, and good tunes. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who all recycled American roots music, but their Englishness also ...
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Battle of the marching bands: What to expect at the HBCU football championship

Isaac Williams, former HBCU drum major and instructor, explores the cultural significance and traditions of HBCU marching bands which will be in full display for Saturday’s Cricket Celebration Bowl.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

How do bands make the Rose Parade? After tears turn to joy, come pizza sales, sponsorships and march-a-thons

When you think Rose Parade, your mind goes to all those incredible floats covered in gorgeous flowers and the technical wizardry behind mechanical characters that move, spin, or belch smoke. But not ...
Mississippi State University

MSU’s Famous Maroon Band receives highest national collegiate band award

Mississippi State’s Famous Maroon Band is marching to the beat of a new accolade as the 2026 recipient of the prestigious national Sudler Trophy—considered the highest honor a collegiate marching band ...
American Songwriter

4 Bands From the First Wave of the British Invasion Who Were Still Scoring Hits in the 80s

Many British Invasion artists who were scoring hits in America in the early to mid-60s petered out not long after that. But a few of those acts managed to withstand all the way into the 80s. And they ...
The Inlander

For its “Christmas Bells” concert, the Spokane British Brass Band is putting its unique stamp on holiday favorites

Back in 1998, with the ink on his master’s degree from Washington State University still wet, Jim Phillips joined the Spokane British Brass Band. He played trumpet with them — as principal soloist, in ...
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Wrapping up 2025

Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge" and two 2025 books by David Hoppe, editor of our original in-print NUVO Newsweekly.