Category Archives: Ramblin’ Across Russia Blog

Well its been a long long time since we revisited this blog. Turns out that playing music, running around with children, and traveling to and from several cities is kind of exhausting. Anyway, we’ve got some time now and we … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in our hotel in Manizales, finishing some delicious café con leche, & savoring the last few moments of our time in Colombia. What a whirlwind the beginning of this tour this has been! Since we left San Francisco … Continue reading →

Greetings Everyone! The Ramblers are proud to announce our 2011 music tour in South America! For the last 10 months we’ve hibernated and worked on our various projects and day jobs. But alas! In 3 weeks we are flying to … Continue reading →

An article about our project from America.gov 28 July 2010 American Musicians Ramble Across Russia By David Fay Special Correspondent Moscow — Strumming and singing across southern Russia, a group of four American teachers has introduced traditional American folk music … Continue reading →

Our amazing trip is now over, and the ramblers have all gone their separate ways. This was without a doubt one of the most incredible, interesting, fun, and fulfilling experiences in all of our lives. Thank you so much to … Continue reading →

Samara Dessert On June 24th we got to our final camp, about an hour outside of the city of Samara. Unlike the other camps, where the campers lived with their families and hung out with us for a few hours … Continue reading →

The next stop on our tour was the wonderfully named city of Ufa, located on the west side of the Ural Mountains. We pulled in at four in the morning and were greeted by camp director, Gulnara, and camp counselor, … Continue reading →

One of the best things about this trip has been getting to see towns in parts of Russia that tourists don’t typically visit. At the camps, people are often curious and ask us about the other cities we’re traveling to … Continue reading →

The directors of the Elista camp invited an amazing local musician to play a few traditional Kalmyk songs for us. Amazing!