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K12 Community Views: Music Cruises vs. Music Festivals

In the past, music lovers use to look forward to music festivals in places like New Orleans, the Caribbean, the British Isles, New Port, Rhode Island and Monterey, CA. Today these festivals have solid competition from a new kind of music festival at high seas. One can sail the Caribbean with his/her favorite band and be treated to intimate performances and chances to meet artists face-to-face, while having the vacation of a lifetime. From big band, classic jazz, contemporary jazz, country music, R & B, Blues to reggae – these cruises appeal to a broad range of melodic taste. Guest on these cruises may even be treated to special performances.

If you have had the opportunity to attend both a land-based music festival and a recent music cruise in the in the past 12 months, tell us in 100 words or less – which was your preference and why?
In the future, if you can only attend one music festival in a single year and you are asked to make a choice which would you choose?

Leslie Butler Plus Three, We've Only Just Begun

The Butler Does it Again

Jamaica multi-talented keyboard player Leslie Butler’s new album will have its official I-Tunes release on June 9.  The album titled:  We’ve Only Just Begun features classic standards like Witchita Lineman, Love Story, Shaft and the title track.  Butler is one of Jamaica’s least known musical giants.  His classic dub album…