We're heading to Basque Country, both French and Spanish, the second week of June 2026 for 12 days. There's so little mention of music on the various trip reports for Basque Country other than dancing ...

I went with my wife and daughter (visiting France from Canada) to a Basque choir rehearsal, a private invitation thanks to the half-Basque son of a former rugby playing ex-pat Kiwi. He knows how much ...

In France’s south-western Basque country, singing is sacred. In almost every household, respect for this tradition is passed down from generation to generation. The elders set the tone before the ...

The melodies are easy, and the churning wave of reveling youths, white shirts soaked through with wine and sweat, bewitch newcomers and old-timers into locking arms, singing and snaking forward from ...