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My DÉBUT ALBUM "To We the World" is now available to listen on Bandcamp, an online music platform that acts like a virtual record store! 💿 It's completely free-to-listen, as well as creating an account and adding it to your library collection but PLEASE NOTE: after 3 listens of a song you will be asked to purchase. As it's my first main release, you an simply purchase the album or a single track for free, or if you're feeling generous to support my work, you do have the option to choose your own price, even if it's just to buy me a coffee! ☕😄 The link is: https://thirdculturemusic.bandcamp.com/album/to-we-the-world-album 👉 OR see the Linktree on my profile or use the Bandcamp app or website and search my profile. MORE ABOUT THE ALBUM: This album has been a labour-of-love for more than 10 years, and draws on inspiration from my travels during this time, focusing on stories of people who migrate for various reasons, including some love songs. The reason for its lengthy production is because the music is 100% self-produced by myself, driven by my voice and guitar but accompanied by various instruments from around the world, which I have passionately learned during the making of this album. Many of the songs of this album are based on the stories or people I've met travelling and been inspired by, but there are also two tracks related to my family, including "The Lost Path" which is based on a poem about migration by my great-great-grandfather. I hope you'll honour me with a listen and some feedback would be much appreciated, if you can drop me a message ✉ THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PROMOTON. I will be posting much more details and background about the songs, stories and process of making this album gradually. At the moment, I'm full-time travelling and performing in Albania, seeking more inspiration for future songs and exploring the world of music. As it's just me, I can't post all the time. There are articles I've posted on my blog about two of the songs on this album, if you would like to read a bit more for now. https://www.samcronin.co.uk/blog That's all for now! 👍 Thanks for your support 🙏🏼 #newalbum #indiemusic #singersongwriter

My DÉBUT ALBUM "To We the World" is now available to listen on Bandcamp, an online music platform that acts like a virtual record store! 💿 It's completely free-to-listen, as well as creating an account and adding it to your library collection but PLEASE NOTE: after 3 listens of a song you will be asked to purchase. As it's my first main release, you an simply purchase the album or a single track for free, or if you're feeling generous to support my work, you do have the option to choose your own price, even if it's just to buy me a coffee! ☕😄 MORE ABOUT THE ALBUM: This album has been a labour-of-love for more than 10 years, and draws on inspiration from my travels during this time, focusing on stories of people who migrate for various reasons, including some love songs. The reason for its lengthy production is because the music is 100% self-produced by myself, driven by my voice and guitar but accompanied by various instruments from around the world, which I have passionately learned during the making of this album. Many of the songs of this album are based on the stories or people I've met travelling and been inspired by, but there are also two tracks related to my family, including "The Lost Path" which is based on a poem about migration by my great-great-grandfather. I hope you'll honour me with a listen and some feedback would be much appreciated, if you can drop me a message ✉ THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PROMOTON. I will be posting much more details and background about the songs, stories and process of making this album gradually. At the moment, I'm full-time travelling and performing in Albania, seeking more inspiration for future songs and exploring the world of music. As it's just me, I can't post all the time. There are articles I've posted on my blog about two of the songs on this album, if you would like to read a bit more for now. https://www.samcronin.co.uk/blog That's all for now! 👍 Thanks for your support 🙏🏼 #newalbum #indiemusic #singersongwriter

New video for my song "Famous Man" on YouTube. #seashanties #indiefolk #fishermansfriends

Cover of the Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel. From my flat in Durrës, Albania 🇦🇱 🎸 🎶 #travel #simonandgarfunkel #folkmusic

“The power of crystal healing” These little gems 💎 ✨ follow me wherever I go. The first is an Obsidian (black), supposed to free us from desires and cravings, even obsessions and bad habits (of which many are possible). The second is a Clear Crystal 🔮, which not only enhances the power of the other crystals near it but also gives light on the future, allowing our dreams to be realised and bad events to be averted. My aunt Bev taught me about the power of crystals in healing, and since I have met countless other people who harness their strength as well. A little bit of “pocket power”, since I've travelled with them I can't let them go, they somehow root me with the universe and help me feel safe with myself. Maybe they could for you too? 🤔 There's plenty to choose from, you'll know which are right for you 🤲 🙏🏼 #crystalhealing #obsidian #magicstones

Changing place - from a night to a few days to a few weeks to a couple months when I need the rest - the troubadour life may not be for everyone, but it suits me 😊 A child of travel, I find change a welcome sensation, as it reminds me the thrill I got when my family moved to a new place; I met new people, learned new things, tried new food, spoke new languages (badly!) and lived a new adventure. Showing up, playing my guitar by the sea, the hills or the mountains gives breath to my soul - a feeling I could never give up, no matter the challenge sometimes (safe to say is majorly the heavy load of my backpack, cooking equipment & tent!) As long as I have a place to enjoy in a country that'll have me for who I am, I will come and sing and laugh with you (regardless of the language barrier) 🤣 #tck #thirdculturekid #nomadlife

A little mantra I wrote before I left for France in 2022... Maybe it's helpful for you 🙏🏼🕊 #mantra #selfhelp #lifeisajourney

Last year these wonderful business cards came in the post! Promoting myself and the Troubadours Tour, they let everyone know what I'm doing and how they can find me! Jump in my backpack too at: https://linktr.ee/samcroninmusic #travellingmusician #travel #nomadlife

In March of this year, @natinature_art and I hopped a @flixbus to Budapest from London where we spent the winter in a countryside refuge 🇬🇧 🇭🇺 We were so excited to discover this enchanting city and begin our tour of the East of Europe. We weren't sure when we got there what awaited us in terms of world music - and to be honest it was less easy to find than some places. My studies of Hungarian music helped me track down a "táncház" (folk ball) where we enjoyed this charming show of local folk music and dancing. The violin-playing was superb and caught my ear in recent years when I came across Magyar (Hungarian) music recordings. The songs also were so catchy - even though the language is not easy in the least. A unique language family from Central Asia originally, it's closest to Finnish and loosely in a way to Scandinavian languages - but the music is certainly more approachable! 🎶 🎻 Good times from Budapest! 🏰 #budapest #hungary #hungarianfolkmusic #travel #worldmusic #nomadlife #travelvlog

Singing this beautiful piece of #balkanmusic @taracanyon Montenegro 🇲🇪 for my new friend Ljubo, a local organic honey farmer and guesthouse owner. Sharing in the pleasures of this stunning natural beauty, we emphasise together the #naturalbeauty of #organicliving and #natureconservation 🌱 🐝 🍯 Great way to start the local @wbafestival 🎶

Scotland meets Spain in my next Celtic song video, where the mountains of Cudillero, Asturias evoked the memory of a song I learned and loved a long time ago when I travelled in Scotland. "Wild Mountain Thyme" is a true favourite in the Celtic repertoire, as it's airey melody carries well peace and serenity, as it sings of love and loss in a very natural place, much like I felt together with @natinature_art on the @troubadours.tour when we visited the Asturias region of Spain and came across this enchanting view on our walks to and from our campsite and the iconic village of Cudillero. So much so, we filmed 3 videos! All of which are now on my YouTube channel. So pleasant to share our discoveries and art while discovering more on our journey around Europe. Sincerely hope you enjoy this one, and this classic simplistic and beautiful song inspires the gentility and natural harmony that it gave me. #folkmusic #celticmusic #scottishfolkmusic

"A Montenegrin Market" A scene from my current stay in the quiet village of Risan in Kotor Bay, Montenegro, during my travels with @natinature_art as part of the @troubadours.tour This lovely photograph was taken by Jennifer Huxta, a holidaying American who caught me with her camera during my weekly busking at the Sunday market, or "pijaca" (pee-yat-sa) in the local language. This setting fits well with the theme of our travels so far, ecologically slow-travelling Europe by bus, train or hitch-hiking by means of performing music, sharing art and our languages and tales of travel. It's been great with this way of life to immerse ourselves in local life, sharing songs and exchanging language, all at a low expense and for an unforgettable experience. Some of the market-goers even delight to sing along with me when I perform my rendition of a sort of Balkan national song called "Djurdjevdan", best performed by musical icon Goran Bregovich and his band Bijelo Dugme (White Button), one of the big groups to have emerged during the Yugoslav era in the region, when many of the Balkan countries were united as the "South Slavs" under recognition of their shared language and culture. #ecotravel #slowlife #busking

"Hungarian Goulash (Gulasc)" 👉 As a foodie, I couldn't resist the temptation to try this typical dish. Essentially a boiled stew with the quintessential ingredient: Hungarian paprika! Yes, Hungary has its own paprika, a staple in its national food. Different from the one commonly used in Spanish cooking ("pimentón"), either of which are not the simple one you pull off the shelf in a supermarket. A less-spicy chili pepper - give any dish a fiery boost with papryka! #foodie #worldfood #budapest

"First Stop in Budapest" 🇭🇺 🎻 The first leg of the Eastern Europe adventures of the @troubadours.tour ! 3 weeks ago we landed in the Hungarian capital, after a 2-day bus tour from London with @flixbus , foregoing our plans to visit the UK & Ireland and fast-tracking to feed our hunger for Hungary & the East! ❔DID YOU KNOW❔ Budapest encompasses the two ancient cities of Buda & Pest, each on either side of the larger river pictured, the Danube, which runs a large stretch of the East of the continent. 🎻 MUSIC 🎻 Hungary has some wonderful traditional music, particularly a characteristic violin-playing style, which we sampled when we visited a "tanchaz" or folk-ball (vlog upcoming!). The Jewish and Rom (Gypsy) communities have all thrived and shared their music as well here, as we heard lilting from authentic national restaurants in the city. 🍲 FOOD 🍲 Hungary is actually very famous for paprika 🌶! This tangent, peppery spice different from chili pepper is a staple in Hungarian cooking - characterising the famous "goulash" (gulacs), as well as "paprikash". I live it - how about you? It's a different variety to the one you'll find in a Spanish "paella". 👉 They also serve around a lot of "sourcream" (tejfol) as well my FAVOURITE THING: "nokedli", mini egg and dough dumplings, not too different from pasta! 🍦 For dessert, they have a wonderful thing known as "chimney cake" (kurtokaclasc), a hollow spiralled cake in the shape of a chimney, which can be civered in cinnamon, flaked with pistachio or filled with ice cream! 😋 Apart from enjoying walks by the Danube, the historical monuments were very impressive, as well as the uniquely-styled churches. We stayed in a very fun old apartment block with an open courtyard and an old-fashioned lift with closing shutters I've only seen in old movies! 🎬 💚 HIGH POINT though was the infamous "thermal baths" of the city, springing from natural hot pools underneath. For €9 (£7) - OR 3600 in the local "forint"- enjoy an all-day natural spa of varying temperatures going up to 38°C 🔥 Soooooooo relaxing... best to cool of afterwards with a chimney cake ice cream 🍦 #budapest #visithungary #travel

So proud and excited to announce my first 4-track EP, a demo of my best-received songs to date, is now available to listen FREE on my chosen music platform, Bandcamp. For those unfamiliar with #bandcamp it's a great site for discovering new music from independent artists, as well as labels world-wide. It acts as an online music store, where you cand listen free or buy and download songs to listen offline in the Bandcamp app or on any device anywhere. It's been a long work to produce these songs and share them, a labour of love through 4 stories and 4 different places. 👉 You can even SUBSCRIBE to my Bandcamp to keep up with every release from now on! >>> Including my upcoming album 'To We the World' 🌎 🙌 🎶 #newalbum #singersongwriter #newmusicrelease

"Have you ever dreamed of going far, very far, to the other side of the world? For Sam Crónin, it became a reality very early on, sometimes joyful and sometimes more violent, experienced as so many uprootings. A child of travel, Sam grew up between the cultures of the Middle East, Africa, Holland and England. For the friends and characters who populate his songs, the feeling of forced exile rubs shoulders with the serene joy of the present moment. Between philosophical tales and catchy melodies, Sam loves words that ring true, life stories that touch his heart. He therefore takes the time to live in each culture explored, like an anthropologist who observes, listens and questions, until he becomes friends. Faithful to the spirit of the Troubadours of yesteryear, his guitar still on his back, a smile on his face and a heart open to the unknown, Sam Crónin has been traveling the paths of the world and human emotions for more than 10 years. With only one desire: to continue!" #tcklifestyle #folkmusic #travelmusic

Next concert announced this weekend in my hometown in Wiltshire, England 🇬🇧 🙌 The Barge Inn is a lovely old pub and inn-house on the Kennet & Avon canal I enjoyed visiting with my parents during my brief stays and visits there as an expat child. Named for the traditional canal-boats still widely in use along the waters of the Kennet, the pub has welcomed travellers and musicians throughout its long history, as well as providing a camp-site 🏕 🚐 I can't wait to make my first impression here as a travelling musician and a local, I suppose! Not sure what to expect but I'll of course be bringing my best tunes from my time abroad, past and new, as well some local flavours which I'm sure they'll appreciate 😊 🎶 Here's to home and touching back at base 🍻 I'm sure the cider & ale will flow generously to welcome my modern stories and traditional ballads 🎻 🍏 I've even got a card up my sleeve, as one of my songs features a particular "white horse" which is actually close at view from this charming drinking establishment 🐎 ❔ Do you know which one? @thebarge_honeystreet #wiltshiremusic #pewseyvale #whitehorsehill

Part 3 of the @troubadours.tour discovery of Portuguese Fado Music 🇵🇹 🎶 This wonderfully-dressed singer is a great example of the significance of the female voice in fado music. Headlined in the last century by the incomparable Amalia Rodrigues, dubbed the "Queen of Fado", it is actually more common to hear women singing fado 🤵‍♀ Often dressed in dark colours like the queen herself - to represent the mournful, nostalgic feeling of the music (best represented by the concept of "saudade"), it's true the music works a delight with the femenine touch, as most of the stars have been so. Saudade in tow, it's not strictly sentimental, and as we've discovered fado is equally joyful and entertaining as it is sorrowful and spiritual. 🤗 ❔WANT TO HEAR MORE? Check out online music sites for playlists of Fado do Portugal... who knows, you might fall for it too! #fado #worldmusicexplorers #visitportugal

Part 2 of our series of Portuguese "Fado" music from our travels on the @troubadours.tour 🇵🇹 ❔Did you know the Portuguese guitar existed everywhere in Europe at a time, an ancestor of the modern guitar, but for some reason was only retained in the music of Portugal? Hard to understand why, with its glorious tone and captivating charm and design 🎶 See a full picture on our channel @troubadours.tour Personally, fado always puts me in a good mood, even the sombre-sounding, melancholic songs... It was great at this fado bar in Lisbon to hear the variety in moods the genre presents, as well as the array of voices as this man demonstrates. #fado #visitportugal #worldmusic

A little gem we discovered during the musical adventures of the @troubadours.tour 🌎 🎶 ❔Have you ever heard of Portuguese "Fado" music? Coming into Portugal from the south of Spain, where "flamenco" music boiled the blood and fired our souls, the music of Portugal eluded us. We knew of it but our preconceptions were something very mournful, brooding and melancholy - as opposed to the soulful rhythm of Andalucia 💃 But surpise be on us! After three months in the country, our souls were enriched by the clever tapestry of music that is fado, as presented here during a concert we attended at a small "fado bar" in the old city of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. Driven by a rhythmic classical guitar and led by the iconic "guitarra portuguesa" (Portuguese guitar), these intertwine with a characteristic solo voice telling stories and poetry of life in Lisbon. A real delight for the ears, we hope you enjoy it! #fado #worldmusic #visitportugal

"Adieu à la France" 🇫🇷 🗼🥐 ✨ 🥖 🍾🍷 🧀 Merci pour le bonheur! 2 weeks ago the @troubadours.tour took the @eurostar to England, finishing a 6-month adventure across mainland France, stopping in: • Bretagne • Bordeaux • Pays Basque • Lyon • Les Alpes • Auvergne • Avignon • Occitanie 👉 Et enfin, Paris! 🗼 Living la vie française has been magnifique! Such great food, cheese & wine to comfort a couple of troubadours making their way across Europe, finding budget accomodation and general hospitality to support the sharing of music and art inspired by our collective world-wide travels 🌎 We WILL be returning très bientôt to begin our adventure to the unknown East - Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania and so on... - so wish us a restful end of winter in my English home 🏡 before we turn the page of our next chapter 📖 ✒ Merci to all for your much-appreciated support of our courageous journey! 👏 - 🎶 🎨 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ -

There's been some great gigs so far on the @troubadours.tour, but what's next for the new year? We've already planned a few months in the 🇬🇧 from January 17th - do you know Wiltshire, Glastonbury, Devon or Cornwall? Then 🇮🇪 - we're thinking Cork, Kerry, Galway & Connemara 🤔 ☘ 👉 💬 Can you offer any advice in these areas, for places (bars, cafés, bookshops, venues, theatres, schools) that would be interested in having a world-travelling ballad-singer come to perform? 🎶 🌎 >> Come summer, we'll be planning our next adventure in the mysterious and thrilling East of Europe - Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria to start you off! Where do you think a travelling musician should go if you know these places? << 🇭🇺 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 --- Leave your suggestions in the comments or reach out to me directly! I'd love to connect and share travel tips, especially if there could be an exciting gig for me to share 🙌 🎶 #travellingmusician #Worldmusicaddict #europeantravel

Teaching English online can be fun and rewarding 😊 💸 🇬🇧 Both in terms of cash and enjoyment, in this global world what better way to spend a cold, windy winter's day than talking to someone in another country, learning about each other and the other's culture, and having them pay you a tip for your contribution?! 🪙 🌎 I love my language, and I love travelling. Through Preply and my private lessons, I get to share it with new people worldwide, help them develop their Global English for a cause unique to them - whether it be travel, economic migration, leisure, fun or business! A compliment to my life as a travelling musician, which is dependable on a number of factors that can be unpredictable, I enjoy travelling online through a headset while travelling in real-life too! The world opens up more and more and life becomes richer and richer for all these little talks. 👉 Want to practise a language from any level?! Affordable rates, flexible hours and the chance of speaking to a nomadic, native-speaker? Head over to Preply, or download the App! 📲 😃 #preply #nomadlife #englishlearning

Oh España, you're always coming back to us 🇪🇸 Recently, on the @troubadours.tour we attended a Spanish cooking class, at the very same place I had given a *world songs concert* the week before! 🌎 🎶 Paella was the "pièce de résistance" (centre-piece, as the French might say), but to complete the table we also enjoyed: • Spanish olives • Mais fritos (fried Maize snack - delicioso!) • Chufa (a creamy, sweet drink made from "tiger nuts") • A sweet goat-yoghurt flan dessert To top it off, I donned my guitar and began an excerpt of my newly-acquired Spanish repertoire, quickly developing into what you see here: my first public attempt at the incredible, but challenging art of Flamenco performance 👏 💃 👉 More to come - Flamenco, AND FOOD - as soon I will be giving YOU your very own Spanish cooking tutorial! 🍲 in the first 'Foodie Lovers' video of the @troubadours.tour 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ 🎸 🎨 🌎 ✋ STAY TUNED! 😃 #worldmusicaddict #worldfood #flamenco

Sam reminds us the importance of Geography 🌎 On the road, there are so many names - of people and places - to keep track of, same as any transient lifestyle. 💬 In this video, an out-take of our previous "Tavira Gypsy Wedding" world music explorer vlog, he shows us why it's important to be good at recognising and remembering names of foreign places, no matter how unusual to us or confusing they may be! 😀 👉 "Tavira's" really not difficult, so how will he fare when faced with something that is??? 🤔 #travellingmusician #travellingthroughtheworld #nomadlife

Remembering this great gig in Portugal at the start of the summer ☺ 🎸☘ This was a very memorable night at @baz_minnies_irishbar_quarteira , just along from the tourist partyland of Albufeira, on this busy, sunny side of the Portuguese coast 🥳 🍻 🍔 ⛵ 🌊 ⛱ 🇵🇹 Normally hosting karaoke nights, Baz offered me a concert with *nearly* a full-setup... A mic stand 🎤 wasn't available, so I made do with a bendable clip-on table stand that kept having the uncanny ability to drop at poignant moments of the song! 🤣 But we MADE THE MOST, and had a real blast! As you can see in the video, the crowd were very entertained (and well-watered! 🍻) Baz invited me back later for a second run, but as befits my profession, I was well on the road to explore more of this wonderful country with @natinature_art on the @troubadours.tour 🚶‍♂️ 🎸 🌎 Slaínte to new acquaintances, good times and adventure! 🌠 💫 And thanks to the crew at Baz & Minnie's! #travellingmusician #travellingthroughtheworld #irishpubsworldwide

What seems impossible is always possible: are you willing? Just shared this with one of my English students 📚 A quote that's always stood by me. I've often been said about that when I set myself a task, I complete it. And I feel that. I always say a will paves the way - I wouldn't be a travelling musician without this philosophy. In my case it was more of a imperative conviction; I wouldn't do anything else... I could, and I wouldn't be satisfied. I prefer to struggle for my goal, because goals are important. One life. FIND YOUR WILL. Find your way. #onelife #travellingthroughtheworld #carpediem

Reflections of the recent gig in #gruissan !🇫🇷 😄 as part of the @troubadours.tour 🌎 Superb turnout Saturday before last for my second organised time entertaining a French audience, with my collection of world songs, folk and contemporary 🎶 An Arab theme began the afternoon - some of the listeners still digesting their Beef Tagine, the Moroccan delicacy we all learned to cook before the gig, as arranged by the wonderful hard-working community helpers of the @mjc.gruissan 🙌 🍛 🥟 🇲🇦 From Ireland to Spain, the 60s to the 80s, the days of yore to the days of youth, a concert with me is a travel in time and place - and I felt the strong vibe the audience were very entertained by it all, and were "entre d'étoiles" 💫 when I had them all sing some French Variety classics 🇫🇷 ~ Oh la, la vie est belle 😌 Merci beaucoup to everyone who contributed! #nomadlife #tck #communitycrossingcultures

Next GIG approved in Gruissan in the south of France on the Mediterranean coast ⛱ 👉 Also, the organisers have advertised it in the local magazine, so very thrilled about that - AND following the celebration of the Fête des Musiciens in the morning 🎶 🎉 So happy to perform in another cultural centre, as we love these 'drivers of the arts' wherever we've been on the @troubadours.tour 🎶 🎨 🎭 #intercultural #culture #nomadlife

New live gig booked! An intercultural event featuring Irish music and Moroccan food. The @mjc.gruissan (Maison de Jeunesse et Culture) of Gruissan - where we find ourselves currently on the French leg of the @troubadours.tour - have kindly agreed to host me at this event where I will be entertaining the local crowd after they enjoy a cooking class then a dining of Moroccan cuisine. They've advertised an Irish repertoire, but I'm gonna throw in some international classics and even... some "chanson française" - as I've been well on learning the local hits (not too shabby on speaking it either!) Wish me luck as I embark on another adventurous musical undertaking that's gonna feed me well to sing my best. "Music is the food of love, and good food nourishes the soul" 😋 🎶 🍀 🙌 🎻 🇮🇪 - ❤ - 🇲🇦 🥘 🙌 #tck #intercultural #internationalism

It's so nice when travel and music memories reappear from the blue... An old acquaintance from a trip I did in Cornwall - a lovely Celtic peninsula on the south-west of England - emailed me this once, striking a chord with a wonderful memory from our trip long past. This was a sketch drawn up by an artist at the surf hostel we were all staying at, where we spent our evenings singing together in the little safe harbour of Newquay on Cornwall's west coast. A testament to friendship, conviviality and the role of music and art in bringing people together and capturing memories. "Yeghis dah, ogen hag ol!" (Cheers, one and all in the Cornish Celtic tounge 🏴‍☠️ ) #kernow #travellingmusician #nomadlife

#newalbum #tck #worldmusic

"La vie de troubadour" As a travelling musician, I love nothing more than wandering through wild landscapes in a foreign land, to find a place to share my music with unsuspecting fellow travellers 🚶‍♂️ 🎸 🎶 I love bars and live gigs as much as anyone - but for me nothing compares to the calm sensation of walking to the roar of the sea, like this day on the south-west coast of Portugal, then spotting a gentle place to share the pleasure of my music with surprised - and always delighted - visitors to the backdrop of a scenic vista 🌊 ⛱ The melody of medidation tames the moment and we are all happier for it. Who knows - maybe soon you'll catch me playing at a beautiful place near you? 💬 😄 #travellingmusician #busker #musiclife

I'd like to share a video I've just produced to feature in the 2023 TCK Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand this month, a coming together of global nomads to celebrate and connect. To watch the rest of the 5-min clip, head to /@samcroninmusic on YouTube. Here, I present how the TCK lifestyle has influenced by music, as well as discussing 3 of my songs and what they mean to me, and how they relate to my life growing up across borders 🌎 ✈ 🧳 🎶 Find the conference on IG: @itckc_2023 Or visit their website: https://itckc.global/ #tck #beyondborders #globalnomad

Carrying my home on my shoulders. 🐌 Minimalism and simplicity has always been important to me, and travelling has taught me that. With a tent for two, basic cooking equipment, clothes, sleeping bag and some different-weight blankets - plus guitar of course - and a small bag for convenience items, much can be achieved! The new modern backpacks really "take the load of your back" and with this I have traversed the Iberian Peninsula already and never wanted for anything more. I feel happy when my backpack is again on my shoulders and I'm ready to face the world with all I need to have a good life 😊 🌞 A guitar acts as my companion 🎸 and with it I am always in company, as well as prepared for my new awaiting acquaintances... #slowtravel #travellingmusician #adultthirdculturekid

Ain't everything better together?... One of the joys for me as a travelling musician is meeting other musicians and having the opportunity to play together 🙌 In English this is "jamming" and the true joy of playing music. I will never forget this concert in Portugal where OUT OF NOWHERE I was joined by Belgium-based Dutchman George, a brilliant player of the Cajón, a box drum originally from Peru but now common in much Latin-Spanish and World music 🌎 🎶 and now IRISH! 🍀 🇮🇪 **Interesting Fact: George quickly elevated to a position of immense greatness, as he very cleverly fixed my 'slightly-damaged' guitar in his workshop, a job that has cost me min. 80 EUROS previously!... 🙀 💸 ** 🍻 Here's to new friendships and the communal contribution of creativity 🎶 🎨 👍 I am already enjoying more cross-cultural collaborations on the road, and am excited for those still to come! 😊🙃😃 🚶‍♂️ 🎸 👜 🌄 🌊 🐢 #slowtravel #slowlife #travellingmusician #music #ontheroad #nomadlife #independentmusician

It's hard being a World Music Explorer... Relaxing after a Portuguese Fado concert in the beautiful riverside town of Tavira in the authentic Western Algarve of the nation's paradise coast, we thought we'd had enough of folk music for one day - choosing to cool our fadoed emotions with a coffee and a pashtel DE NATA 🎂 ☕ When out of nowhere...! A gypsy duo appear in front of us with a large audience, to enjoy drinks at the bar opposite and enjoy a concert. A lady on the accordion 🪗 and a man singing very powerfully, with a lot of soul, and occasionally tapping a triangle 🔺️ 😉 🎶 Gypsy accordionists play everywhere in the Iberian peninsula, often seen squatting with a squeeze-box on a sidestreet somewhere. We never found out exactly what was going on - but we presume there was a celebration to be had, and this wonderful part of Portugal, when ya gotta celebrate you hit the streets SINGIN'!!! (Tralalalala) 🪕 🎻 🎶 #worldmusicaddict #travellingmusician #nomadlife

I'm getting quite a liking for having my name up in lights 😇 🎇 Following my successful row of gigs in the #Algarve ⛱ and now in the #frenchalps ⛰ I'm getting all the more confidence back on stage after the harrowing effects on musicians during #COVID-19 So overjoyed to be on the floor again 🎸 🎤 and sharing my #upcomingalbum plus learning so many new #worldsongs (in multiple languages) to entertain my #multicultural audiences! Thanks so much to @luna_artcafe_olhao , @fuseta_village @bills_bar_and_grill , @massifchartreuse and all the rest. Another while in France still to come - no gigs planned - but let's see what the world brings the @troubadours.tour and who knows, maybe back to #andalucia for the winter! #nomadlife #travellingmusician #livemusic

2ND CONCERT IN FRANCE 🇫🇷 and first arranged performance since Portugal announced. Yes! @troubadours.tour are now in the #frenchalps🇫🇷 , a quaint mountain retreat in the @massifchartreuse region. After the délice of duck delights in the South-west we came through the scenic Loire Valley to be here in the Camping du Cozon where I will be performing at a food soirée tomorrow night! FOOD INCLUDES 👉 Dios, a local herbed sausage variant 🌭 and Polenta, that classic Italian corn carb 🌽 that's made it's way trans-mountain to become a local staple here. For anyone in the area of #chartreuse and interested in food and good LIVE GUITAR, with a bit of a swing and some SOULFUL SINGING, come down to Cozon to warm up your night! 🎶 🏕 2ÈME CONCERT EN FRANCE 🇫🇷 et première représentation arrangée depuis l'annonce du Portugal. Oui! @troubadours.tour sont maintenant dans le #frenchalps🇫🇷, une retraite de montagne pittoresque dans la région de Chartreuse. Après le délice des délices de canard dans le Sud-Ouest, nous avons traversé la pittoresque vallée de la Loire pour nous retrouver ici au Camping du Cozon où je jouerai demain soir lors d'une soirée gastronomique ! LA NOURRITURE COMPREND 👉 Dios, une variante locale de saucisses aux herbes 🌭 et Polenta, ce glucide de maïs italien classique 🌽 qui a fait son chemin à travers les montagnes pour devenir un aliment de base local ici. Pour toute personne de la région de Chartreuse et intéressée par la nourriture et la bonne musique LIVE GUITAR, avec un peu de swing et un peu de SOULFUL SINGING, venez à Cozon pour réchauffer votre nuit ! 🎶 🏕

Adios to Asturias and the Spanish and Portuguese legs of my adventures sharing music in Europe 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 Asturias is a beautiful, autonomous region in the centre of northern Spain. An Atlantic sea-sider and neighbour to Galicia (where I visited last November), Asturias is a favourite for Spanish tourism thanks to its wild mountain ranges, breathtaking scenery, unique and breathtaking coastline, plus many local delicacies including famous apple cider 🍻 🍏 I spent two weeks here at the campsite of Cudillero with @natinature_art as part of the @troubadours.tour! I loved the Celtic connections in this region of Spain previously unknown to me, and felt like singing this song - an English folk song praising the Spanish people (paticularly the women! 💃) from the 18th Century Wars of Napoleon, which I've been perfecting in a Spanish rhythm 👏 🎶 NOW on to France 🇫🇷 Oh la la! 🥖 🥐 👉 More videos and posts from our adventures coming soon! #slowtravel #travellingmusician #englishfolkmusic

FIRST SALES OF MY FIRST ALBUM EP 😃 Printed in Estepona, with handy artwork designed by my travelling partner, the wonderfully-talented @natinature_art, the EP consists of my 2 recent singles, plus two "sneak-peek tracks" of my new album 'To We the World', due to be released this year! It's been wonderful to see the maintained interest in the purchase of CDs to support independent artists. We have even bought our own portable CD burner, and made use of printing shops to prepare the covers - all help support the work and ambitions of a travelling musician 🎸 🌎 🚶‍♂️ 🧳 👉 *THE EP will be made available on Streaming services VERY SOON, as I prepare for the launch of the full Album in the coming months! 😊 ---------> Online supporters will enjoy the same CD experience and more, with all the artwork, as well as background stories linked to the songs of this long-awaited record ➡️ A 10-year travelling artist exploration of world music!*

A soundtrack for the 21st June Summer Solstice... A tribute to Celtic pagan roots as celebrated every year at this time in my home near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK Born in Wiltshire, South-west England, before a quick leap to Nigeria, it was 19 years before I had the opportunity to really know it. A beautiful place, but always a distant memory, certain scenes of its long valleys and ancient ruins often returned to my mind when questioning home and belonging. On my inevitable return, I grew a fond admiration of the place at last, cycling my bicycle through its magical landscapes, walking my dog on its misty plains; simple things such as enjoying the passing of seasons - the flowers of the spring, the "quaint-ness" of winter. I decided… going "home" was just another adventure. One more trip somewhere new, and I treated it as any other. There's always something unexpected, different, "unusual" and ultimately - exciting! — History — The "standing stones" of Stonehenge and Avebury have been a Celtic "mecca" (place of pilgrimage) for over a thousand years, and today many people flog from the crowded cities to enjoy its fresh, natural air, friendly communities and eternal wonder. At this time of the year, the Solstice Festival unites people with drums and music to welcome the new sun! 🌞 #summersolstice #indiefolk #nomadlife

"Adeus Portugal!" and the Portuguese leg of the @troubadours.tour 👋 🇵🇹 Samba send-off in the iconic city of Porto. Thanks to a wonderful three months, Portugal, with the 10 gigs in the Algarve, enjoying your sardinhas and pastel de nata, your peixe, pão and picturesque coastline. Then Alentejo, Lisboa, Aveiro and finally - Porto! The beautiful, bustling, busy metropolis at the mouth of the Douro, where we spent our last night yesterday with a spot of singing down by the waterfront. A crowd were entertained into a cheer with a set of classic favourites, and then to finish - the crème de la pastel - my one Portuguese song (albeit "origem do Brasil!") -> "Mas que nada!" 🕺 🇧🇷 🥥 #travel #nomadlife #independentmusic

My contribution to join the many in aid of Ukraine 🇺🇦 An Irish rebellion to Russia ☘ 🏳 I doubt many can not feel the injustice of the current conflict... Inspired by the freedom marches from Ukrainians living in other countries, as I witnessed recently during my travels in Spain, I couldn't help but be inspired by the solidarity and comradery driven to push the Russian government and its belligerent state-controlled army out of the country. The conflict has affected many of us and touched many hearts, shown in the way the world has reacted to the crisis. I couldn't help but feel the need to sing this after observing the marches, and all but one person were entertained on this quiet side-street of Estepona: A Russian supporter proudly belts out his window at the end of the song! 🙄 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 #ukraine #irishmusic #singersongwriter

So happy to share this professionally-made video 🎞 Austrian film-maker Pedro Salvadore filmed this performance or "Father & Son" by #catstevens Pedro was cooking in his hotel room on #marbellabeach when he heard my singing from the boardwalk below! He rushed down to record me and interview me, and tell me how well I sang and performed this classic song, an emotional dialogue between a parent and a child when the son decides to leave. One of my own Dad's favourites and always makes me think of him when I'm on the road abroad... Here's to Dads! #fatherhood #parenting #nomadlife

How to be a camping chef: 1. Buy a good apron. MOST IMPORTANT! 2. Buy things that can you can prepare easily without heating e.g. Couscous only needs cold water. Then add simple vegetables and your away! 3. Spice it up! Wherever you are there are unique flavours that can turn your food gourmet - Paprika, curry powder, Herbs de Provence, Chinese 5-spice - create world cuisine with simple shop goods 😋 4. Bread, cheese, and beans - we use wraps to make life easy 😊 Can't beat a good burrito! 5. Season with salt, pepper & coriander or parsley. Loads more tips out there but this works for us at the @troubadours.tour Healthy, vegetarian, easy to store, carry and prepare - and much better than what you can find in restaurants. 👉 DON’T FORGET THE DESERT! *Also very important, in Portugal it has to be the famous "Pastel de Nata" (Custard Tart) 🎂 Best enjoyed warmed in the sun. Yum Yum! 》Do you have any camping cooking tips?! Let us know in the comments! 😄 👨‍🍳 👩‍🍳 🌎 👍 Look forward to more Travel food posts in our Foodie tours with this wonderful apron 😉 #vegetariancooking #nomadlife #savingmoney

"My beautiful Oud & Arab adoption" It's been a long time since I lived in the Middle East, but my love for this centrepiece of Arabic music is forever. A throwback to my 9 years as an adopted Arab, which I carry with me everstill. This one comes from the small oud-makers in Souq Waqif, Doha and stays with my uncle in Andalucia, Spain. I get carried away playing this wonderful instrument - it has a delicate sound and it's large boat design really resonates in your chest as you play it. Featuring on my upcoming album, OUT SOON, and hopefully future releases. 👉 Who knows, one day I may take it around Morocco 🇲🇦 🐫 ⛺ 💬 What do you think of this instrument? Do you like it? #worldmusicaddict #tck #oud

"Watch me as I work away" 🚜 Workaway is a great platform for travellers. By buying an annual subscription of €50, you have the ability to apply to hundreds of hosts worldwide who provide accommodation, food and necessities in exchange for short-term work. So far, on my @troubadours.tour with @natinature_art we've worked on a "finca", a natural villa in Andalucia, Spain, and more recently on an agro-tourism farm in the Algarve, Portugal. These have provided great spots for a home-base while I book my gigs and we can explore our opportunities as artists and music explorers. 👉 Could it be something you'd be interested in when travelling? 🤔 🌎 P.S. The Donkey in the picture is Marmelo, who became a great friend of mine as I fed her twice a day during our farm-stay. I miss her so much!!! 😢 🤧 #nomadlife #slowtravel #travellingmusician

Music has always crossed boundaries... A French language ballad from a Belgium composer translated by an Englishman and performed by a Dutchman on a Portuguese guitar. This is my rendition of the famous song "Port of Amsterdam" which I first heard by David Bowie and then heard a lot sung by *relaxed* Bretons during my travels in France 🇫🇷 ⚓ The minor key and haunting tempo really suit the "Guitarra potuguesa" playing of virtuoso and accomplished musician O Caracol 🐌 🎶 A wonderful tune and I feel very blessed to play with such a great musician demonstrating the fabulous Portuguese treasure in the heart of a fishing village on the Algarve coast of Southern Portugal 🇵🇹 That's all for this feature for now - but who knows what I'll find as I venture soon to the home of the national music, Lisbon and on northwards! 🧭 🚶‍♂️ 👜 🎸 🌎 #guitarraportuguesa #nomadlife #worldmusicaddict

In Part 3 of the Portuguese Guitar, hear what the guitar accompaniment is like! Many instruments sound great with a guitar partner and the Guitarra Portuguesa is no different. The Portuguese national music "fado" is traditionally made up of just voice, guitar and "Guitarra (Portuguesa)" In this video, O Caracol, the veteran traveller from Holland demonstrates the guitar in the Gypsy Jazz style, performing a piece by the great Django Reinhardt. The Guitarra works in many styles, and in Part 4 you may see what it sounds like accompanying me in the next Third Culture Music collaboration! 😄 🎉 🍻 #worldmusicaddict #guitarraportuguesa #nomadlife

What makes musical languages special? 🎶 🌎 The 'guitarra portuguesa' as demonstrated here by Dutch traveller "O Caracol" (👉 See Part 1) differs from the normal guitar, the mandolin, banjo & EVEN the Greek bouzouki in one particular way... The plucking style! Using two prosthetic "thumb-nails", Caracol creates unique Portuguese rhythms with a pinching action. The Guitarra also has a very unique tuning, nothing to see with anything else of it's kind. It's vibrant, reverberating medieval sound comes from 5 to 6 sets of double-strings, not tuned low to high like a standard guitar but a mixture, creating a very special sonority! 🎶 The world of music is full of surprises... 👉 WHAT UNIQUE MUSICAL LANGUAGES EXIST NEAR YOU? 👉 LET ME KNOW! 💬 I look forward to sharing more musical discoveries in my "From the Field" recordings ☺ 🎶 🚶‍♂️ 👜 🎙 🌎 #worldmusicaddict #algarve #guitarraportuguesa

"Music crosses boundaries... and maps the songlines of the World"... A Dutch man called "O Caracol" demonstrating the Guitarra Portuguesa, a traditional guitar not dissimilar from the Greek bouzouki, supposedly the remnant of a family of medieval guitars once popular in Europe. The 'guitarra' has subsisted as an icon of Portuguese music, a signature feature of the national music "fado", and who would've thought the first I would hear of it was from a Dutch man! 🇳🇱 😄 Jan (his real name) came to Portugal in the 70s and landed in Fuseta, a village in the East Algarve where I met him, and after several trips back and forth from his homeland he decided to settle permanently. When he first arrived, the locals saw his backpack and sleeping back, and he gained a reputation and a nickname: "O Carocol" meaning "the snail" 🐌 🤣 A very talented performer and composer, he's toured and played with various groups in the style of Mediterranean Fusion, and now retires and serenades the folk of Fuseta with his mastery of their native instrument 🙌 🙏🏼 🌎 👉 How do you find the sound of the Portuguese guitar? LET ME KNOW! | 》Stay tuned for part 2 where we will learn more about this unique instrument | #guitarraportuguesa #Worldmusicaddict #algarve

🗓 Part 3 of 3 - Recent gigs in ALBUFEIRA! Clips from the recent Algarve Tour in the bustling hip-hopolis of Albufeira 🇵🇹 One of my FAVOURITE IRISH SONGS, and a real hit with everybody. "Johnny Jump Up" is a folk song from Cork which tells the stories and mishappenings surrounding a very strong apple cider which was sold in those parts in the days of yore! SO HAPPY to play my favourite songs to such engaging and entertained audiences in this wonderful part of Portugal 🇵🇹 No shortage of Irish pubs to play, and a great friendly crowd that welcomes my art and receives well my performance. 🔥 IS THERE A GREAT CELTIC PUB OR CULTURAL CLUB NEAR YOU THAT I COULD PLAY??? 💬 👉 Let me know in the comments, I'm always looking for travel ideas 🚶‍♂️👜 🌎 Such wonderful people - I will be 😔 to leave it behind as I continue with the @troubadours.tour through Portugal in the next months! 🚶‍♂️ 🎸 🌎 #singersongwriter #irishpubsglobal #nomadlife

🗓 Part 2 of 3 - Live in Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal 🇵🇹 Clips from the recent Algarve Tour in the bustling hip-hopolis of Albufeira. I DON’T JUST DO #folkmusic ! 😄 🎻 Anything that can be considered cultural heritage and pride is a joy for me to perform, and here is no different. "Delilah" calls back to the 2 months spent travelling Wales, first on a bike, then on foot, where this song is a known favourite with the Welsh, having been performed by #pontyprydd star #tomjones (I can even play a #violin version) Secondly, the remarkable "This is Your Song" from #eltonjohn is a wonderful love song. 🔥 CAN YOU SUGGEST A SONG THAT CONNECTS WITH WHERE YOU COME FROM? 💬 #irishpubsglobal #nomadlife #travellingmusician

🗓 Part 1 of 3 - Recent gigs in ALBUFEIRA! Clips from the recent Algarve Tour in the bustling hip-hopolis of Albufeira 🇵🇹 It has long been my mission to circumnavigate the world playing in Irish pubs, and after travelling the UK, Ireland, France & Spain with just my guitar and essentials, I open up my heart to the beautiful region of Albufeira in the central Algarve. "Wild Rover" is a classic Irish folk song of English origin, and very much converts my lifetime lifestyle 😉 ☘ 🔥 It's wonderful to find a song that connects you through time - WHAT SONGS CONNECT MOST WITH YOU?? 💬 #livemusic #irishpubsglobal #slowlife

It's fiddlin' time! 🎻 🕺🎙 To think it's been 9 months since I set off from home with just my guitar and clothes, that's a long time to not play my violin! 😧 🚶‍♂️ ⛺ THANKFULLY, at Bill's Bar, where I played two gigs they had a "jam session", a gathering of musicians having fun - and of course there happened to be a Fiddle! 😸 I've played the violin for many years and have worked with it multiple summers at my home, performing traditional Gypsy songs for visitors at a nearby campsite 🏕 🔥 🌙 I was very inspired as a youth by the music of folksinger @seth_lakeman_official Here I play the famous "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" followed by an Irish reel called "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" 🚜 🐖 🏡 #violin #sethlakeman #gypsysongs #boliquieme #Algarve #indiefolk #travellingmusician #independentmusic #singer-songwriter

WELCOMING, MUSIC FRIENDLY... ... any idea? The #irishpub of course! 🍀🎸❤ Really guys, I can say: from #Ireland to #Portugal, from #Netherlands to #Brazil ... I've always found a warm and live music friendly Irish Pub. And I'm very happy to meet the #irishcommunity in every country. Always with doors wide open, they are home for a very international crowd! My original songs as well as my favourite #Irishsongs are always very welcome there, and it's not rare that we end singing all together 😉🎸🌈 I made so many good friends thanks to the #irishpubsglobal, long life to these pubs! 👍🧡💚 . . . . . #livemusic #musiclover #Ireland #irishcommunity #irishsongs #irishmusic #folksongs #singersongwriter

HOP ON THE BOARD THE ALGARVE TOUR 🧳 🎸 🚶‍♂️ 🌎 Next stop: A return to Boliquieme 🇵🇹 After a wonderful time last night enjoying Bill's Jam Session, with the poets and musicians of the area as one, I'm back this Saturday for a solo gig in this beautiful town near the bustle of Albufeira. CDs are selling fast (I've had to print more) and preparing a fresh set for my 2nd night at this wonderful venue 🎶 🎤 😊 #boliquieme #algarve #albufeira #alvor #Portugal #travellingmusician #independentmusic #irishpubsglobal

LIVE AGAIN TOMORROW in Albufeira! 🤣 Here's a fun story: I came to this bar late last Sunday after playing somewhere else for the evening. I was told I could have 10 minutes on-stage while the resident musician (John from Cork, IR) had his usual whiskey-break 🤣 I gave them a 3-song audition and what happened?... THEY WANTED ME BACK OF COURSE! 😂 The folks at the Shamrock loved me so much they got me back in a week later (while John's on leave). What a way to get a gig! 🎶 🎸 Thanks for having me guys, and come around if you're in the Algarve to hear me 🎤 Shamrocks a lovely little haven of Irishness off the "Las Vegas party street" of downtown Albufeira ☘ 🇮🇪 🍻 #irishpubsglobal #albufeira #Vilamoura #livemusic #livemusicportugal #indiefolk #independentmusic #travellingmusician #Algarve #Portugal #tck

WE'RE LIVE TONIGHT at Bill's Bar in Boliquieme, just between Vilamoura and Albufeira. Bill seems a sound chap and has got me for next Saturday 29th TOO! Somebody's eager 😁 🤣 An Irish bar and grill house, so I'm expecting some good grub before lighting up the stage for what could be THE 10TH TIME here in the Algarve of Portugal. Keep the Guiness flowin' an' I'll put on a night to remember 😉 🌃 🌚 🍻 🎶 ☘ #irishpubsglobal #independentmusic #travellingmusician #algarve #portugal #boliquieme #albufeira #vilamoura #livemusicportugal

Wonderful review from Jess Dorward! 👍 ☺ So great to have such good feedback from recent gigs 😀 Look forward to sharing more, and yes HOLD YOUR HORSES guys 🎠 DÉBUT ALBUM is COMING SOON!!! ⏰ 🗓 ✋ 🎶 💿 🌎 #indiefolk #independentmusic #travellingmusician

ANOTHER GIG TONIGHT in Quarteira, a quiet little spot down the beach from the bustle of Villamoura 🤪 🎊 After a week's respite from the last string of gigs, I'm up and ready again to give the crowd my all with a set of Irish crowd-pleasers, as well as tracks from my upcoming début album! Baz has been called the Best Boss in the area, so let's do well by him and put on a show to remember 😉 👏 @baz_minnies_irishbar_quarteira #travellingmusician #irishsinger #algarve #livemusic #irishpubsglobal #tck

A SMALL IRISH STORY Do you know what is a 'parting glass'? The title of this beautiful #irishsong features a custom dating back to Celtic times: the final hospitality offered to a departing guest! 'The Parting Glass' with its familiar melody was first printed in Colm O Lochlainn's Irish Street Ballads (1939). More recently 😊, this Irish song had been covered by the famous #singersongwriter #edsheeran - so you probably heard it! What is your favourite Irish song? Ask and I can record some to share! . . #irishpubsglobal #irishsongs #folkmusic #travellingmusician #singersongwriter #concert #livemusic #liveperformance #olhao #Algarve #Portugal #slowtravel #tck #thirdculturekids #expatlife #nomadlife

NOW in #olhao #Algarve ! Thanks to @lunaartcafeolhao for welcoming this wonderful and chill afternoon Gig under the #Algarve sun! 😊🎙☀️ Singing together until 5pm, if you want to join us! A lot of #irishsongs #60smusic and fun to share 🎵 👉 DO YOU KNOW THIS ONE? Tell me I'm the comments! 😊😉 xx 🎸 Sam #irishpubsglobal #irishsongs #irishmusic #nomadiccreators #nomadlife #livemusic #tck #thirdculturekids #expatlife #liveperformance #singingvideo #singersongwriter #travellingmusician #Ireland #Irish #expatlifestyle

Ready for a BEACH SET? Jack Johnson, Bob Marley and more will feature on my second gig of the day on Friday (4TH THIS WEEK 🤪) @ O Farol, a quaint beach bar in #fuzeta ! Yes it's all go in the week before Easter, as the live music season begins across Europe 🌍 I love beach songs, having spent my life around the beach of 3 continents! I've written a good portion of my original songs by the beach, as I find them often peaceful, tranquil and inspiring places to explore creativity ⛱ The fun, chilled, laid-back tunes are not sometimes easily-found in touristic places (you'd be surprised 😮) but I do my best to bring something new to the places I play, as I travel along the Portuguese coast on the @troubadours.tour 🎸 🇵🇹 🌊 Friday Night 9PM #algarve #singersongwriter #travellingmusician #singer #irishsinger #singersongwritersofinstagram #travellingthroughtheworld #algarveportugal #irishmusic #algarvecoast #traveltheworld #tck #thirdculturekids #algarvetourism #thirdculture #algarvelovers #travellingmusicians #tcklife #thirdculturekid #worldmusic #worldmusicaddict #indiefolk #fuzetalovers

Next Gig of the week! At the @luna_artcafe_olhao Afternoon from 1 pm in the beautiful Algarve town of Olhão @olhaolovers ❤ 🌊 Luna Cafe is a wonderful café with an open street terrace for animated performances, which often involves crowds dancing to the acts. Let's see if we can get some jigs goin'! All aboard the @troubadours.tour ! 🚣‍♂️ 🎸 🌎 #travellingmusician #tck #irishmusic #algarve #worldmusicaddict

I LOVE PIRATE SONGS 🤩🦜🎙 And nothing like it to heat up the mood! Do you know this one? It's one of my favourites, a pure joy to sing together! 👉 See you tonight 9 p.m. at @oneillsvilamoura for a 3-hour concert! 🎸🎙 #irishpubsglobal #vilamoura #Algarve 👉 Next gigs in #Olhao and #Fuseta this weekend, more info is coming! . . . #livemusic #algarve #vilamoura #irishpubsglobal #irishsongs #irishpub #irishmusic #liveperformance #guitarcover #gig #travellingmusician #concert #piratesong #musicianlife #nomadlife

So happy to share this new showreel of my recent performance of a full Irish Set at one of the pubs here in the Algarve, Portugal, the current step of the @troubadours.tour with painter Nati Calvo @natinature_art . Touring Europe as a musician couldn't be friendlier with all the wonderful people and pubs around! So happy to share this Algarve adventure with you 😄 🇵🇹 Live on YouTube right now! 》*Hop on board the @troubadours.tour and join the Third Culture travels in music and tradition across borders here on Instagram @thirdculture_music *《 Sláinte! ☘ 🇮🇪

NOW at @oneills.vilamoura ! Thanks eveybody for singing along, I had a great first gig here and... guess what? I'll be back on Tuesday night! 😁🎸🎙 . . . #irishsongs #irishpub #irishcommunity #algarveportugal #vilamoura #Algarve #livemusic #singersongwriter

1 WEEK / 6 CONCERTS! It's been a while since I had the pleasure to give so much gigs in... ONE WEEK ONLY!!! 🤪 And when your dreams come true, is there anything better than sharing these good vibes? 😁🎸🤸‍♀️😉 So stay tuned friends of music, from today April 1st until next Sunday 8th, I will share here loads of: 》 live music on stage, including vibrant interpretations of the greatest Irish songs! 🎙❤ 》Backstage stories of this first 'Algarve Tour' as part of the @troubadours.tour , including travel insights! 👉🌈 So hop on board for an immersive music & travel week! #irishpubsglobal #livemusic #Algarve #worldmusic #onstage #backstage #worldmusicaddict #singersongwriter #irishsongs #tck #thirdculturekids #ecotravel #Portugal #ontour #travellingmusician

TWO GIGS added for the TROUBADOURS TOUR in the Algarve, Portugal, at O'Neils Irish Pub, Vilamoura. A new place for me and completely new town! I'll hope they'll be as welcoming as Tavira and give me a good Irish welcome ☘ Looking forward to sharing my best interpretations of world and classic songs, plus maybe a few of m' own 🎸 🎤 LOOK OUT for these nights if you're in the area - as I won't leave the place till yur ENTERTAINED!!! 😂》🤣》🙃》🤗 #irishpubsglobal #algarve #algarveportugal #travellingthroughtheworld #travellingmusician #singer #singersongwriter #singersongwritersofinstagram #irishsinger #oneillsvilamoura

Returning for the 3RD TIME to The Black Anchor Irish pub, in Tavira, a cozy spot on the estuary-side of the East Algarve coast. St Paddy's Weekend was a blast with two sets on the Friday and Sunday with my best interpretations of the cream of Irish music. So excited to come back for ANOTHER ROUND 🍻 and thanks to Joy and all the team for welcoming my weary camp-ridden proto-gypsy arse back for a parting glass 🇮🇪 More gigs to be updated soon in the Algarve! #algarve #algarvecoast #algarvetourism #algarvelovers #tavira #taviraportugal🇵🇹 #taviraportugal #blackanchortavira #irishpub #irishpubfood #irishpubsglobal #irishmusic #irishmusician #travellingmusician #travellingmusicians #tck #tcklife #thirdculture #thirdculturekids #traveltheworld

It's great to have a slice of home when you're abroad... As a travelling musician, the Irish pub has become a regular feature as a place to talk English, to find new friends and purvey a potential audience. The Costa Del Sol was a great spot to perform my next "World Song A Day", where the calm, traditional town of Estepona has at least 5 of these slices of Ireland. 👉 Go to "Third Culture Music"on YouTube to watch the video! 👈 Also find us on Facebook! Performed best by "The High Kings", this Irish favourite has sung to me on the road, a song of counsel, and a good laugh! 😃 Sláinte for listening! ☘ 👉 *Feel free to suggest the next song of the series* 💬 🌎 🎶 👈 #Irishmusic #folkmusic #tck #travel #worldmusic #sharingsongs

March the 17th around the world is an annual celebration for the people of Ireland and their diaspora and friends, known as St Patrick's Day in tribute to the national Christiain Saint of Ireland, although it is not necessarily a religious holiday it's a day for celebrating Irish culture and lifestyle. What better day to launch my new "World Song A Day" series, where I'll be singing for you beloved songs from around the globe. To start with, I will be singing to represent Ireland, "Green Fields of France", a WWI Ballad composed to the graves of young men found in cemeteries across Western Europe. // Stay tuned for more in the series, and subscribe to the YouTube Channel if you haven't already 😀 // Happy St Paddy's Weekend! Sláinte ☘ 🇮🇪 #StPatricksDay2023 #irishmusic #worldmusic #tck #worldmusicaddict #thirdculturekid #singersongwriter #indiefolk #stpaddysday2023

"The Oud: A Mooring to Morocco from Andalucia" Playing this ubiquitous Arab instrument on a short stop at my uncle's house in Andalucia 🇪🇸 where just across the water the mountains of Morocco 🇲🇦 can be seen through the blue of the Mediterranean. Father of the guitar and ultimately the sound behind Spanish Flamenco music, my uncle bought this in a souk in Qatar, where I spent my youth and first learned it myself. I was hooked my its haunting sound and hypnotic nuances. The oud, and more 'World Instruments' will be featured on tracks on my upcoming album, 'To We the World' 🌎 All the instruments have been learned over 10 years by myself through many passionate hours of study all on my own - a long arduous journey I have taken to create the roots-around-the-world capabilities of the Third Culture Sound 🎸 🎻 ✈ ALBUM OUT this year 2023 - DON'T MISS THE UPDATE! 💚🤍💙 #thirdculturekids #worldmusic #worldmusicaddict

On Valentines Day 2023, look what showed up in the "finca" I was staying in with my girlfriend, on our @troubadours.tour 🌳 ❤ 🌴

This Valentine´s Day, have you considered the serendipity of love? "Then I followed her home, to a place yet unknown, a feeling so sure, on the Cote d'Armor... Time, the mirrored hours, they spoke a harmony of hopes led me into embrace Serendipitous grace" I think love can come when you least expect it... Searching far and wide, my life as a TCK travelling musician has led me some far-flung places, but not too often into the path of someone willing to journey with me. How does this work? The ideal that the life you´ve chosen may fit with the will of someone else, or that somehow your fates both intertwine into the discovery that you´re searching for the same thing? The serendipity of love comes in many ways, but generally, I feel, if you free yourself from the torment of finding love and expressing desire. Let yourself float like a leaf in the wind to ´your´ destination, do what makes you ´you´ and seek only peace for yourself. You will, in a time pre-designed find that dream-sharer along your path. "La vie de troubadour" was written together with my serendipitous partner and adapts influences from the French & Breton music styles. The lyrics are a mix of English and French and the term "troubadour" originates from an Old French word meaning ´travelling artist´. And if it´s already happened for you, would you like to comment and share your experience of the serendipity of love? ___________________ If you've enjoyed this song, I guarantee you will enjoy more music and 'off-mic' stories from the 'Third Culture Music' channel, a musical exploration of cross-cultural happenings! Follow me for more, and share if you've enjoyed this production 😊 🙌 🌎 #Lovesong #Lovesongs #indiefolk #travel #TCK #thirdculturekid

An English folk-inspired original Christmas Carol and a lament to holidays shared at home and the eternal values around the world in the various holiday gatherings. Home is a recurrent question as a TCK, migrant, refugee or any other type of traveller. The ideal of returning to family, spending time with those you care for, choosing the place and defining how you choose to enjoy an annual cultural moment, is what can make Christmas a strange time for many. What is your ideal during Christmas, how does it affect you as a traveller or fluid person? How far will you be going? Leave a comment below, and watch the full video on the Third Culture Music Youtube channel @thirdculture_music (or a link in our bio) Thanks for watching and 🎄¡Feliz Navidad! from us here in Espagne 🎄 🇪🇸 🌎 #christmassongs #originalchristmassong #Alliwantforchristmasisyou #goodtobehome #christmascarol #Katerusby #sweetbells #caradillon #uponawintersnight #drivinghomeforchristmas #jinglebells #expatfamily #expatliving #expatlifestyle #thirdculturekid #tck #expatlife #travel #thirdculturekids #globalcitizens #thirdculturekidsproblems #tckstories #travellife #travel #travelislife #travelling #travelmeme #travellers #travelblogger #travelgram

Performing has always been a great passion of mine, and Spanish venues have been very warm in their welcome... FULL VIDEO ON MY YOUTUBE: >>> https://youtu.be/JIDcDzTDMlw Or put "Third Culture Music" into YouTube Search I've been blessed enough to share 4 concerts in the last weeks, all thanks to cafés, bars and cultural centres doing amazing work at promoting live music in Galicia, Spain. Here I share my latest Showreel to give a glimpse into this incredible experience! Hard to fully capture the live gig atmosphere though... Maybe next time you'll join me? 😊 A great crowd came along to support my performances, sing and clap along 👏, together as part of the latest "Troubadours Tour" (IG @Troubadours.tour) with watercolour artist Nati Calvo (IG @la_voie_est_libre) . What a time! 😊 ¡Gracias á todos! 🎸🎤 Now looking forward to offer more concerts in Andalucia - and beyond! 👉 Would you like me to come and play somewhere near you? Please feel free to contact me and see how we can arrange this! Drop me an inbox at samcroninmusic@gmail.com

New promo video for my concerts as part of the @troubadours.tour traversing Europe sharing art, music & stories. To be used on upcoming gigs - stayed tuned! Follow me @thitdculture_music & JOIN THE TOUR @troubadours.tour

"Le Corsaire de la Croisiere"... Really enjoyed this first gig in France, at a seaside bar & restaurant in Bretagne. Crowd went wild with my Celtic pirate songs, and then my smartphone-assisted French classics!!! Voila ❤ #corsaire #bretagne #chansonsdemarins #seashanties #travelmusic #French music #worldmusic

NOW IN #SPAIN #Galicia #Compostela Practicing my Spanish version of this great folk song: "Spanish Ladies"! Olé💃🎸 . If you like this music video, please share it to support my work! 😊🙏 And follow @samcroninmusic and @troubadours.tour for more live travel music every week! 🎤🎵 . . . #travellingmusician #travelmusic #nomadiclifestyle #exploringspain #travelsongs #singersongwriter #livemusic #originalsong #folkmusician #worldmusicaddict #sharingmusic #busking #streetperformer #streetmusic #guitarrista #chansons #lyrics #spotify #bandcamp

Hey guys! Here is an excerpt from a music promo video I really enjoyed creating in Kampala, Uganda 3 years ago with 7Seals Agency 🙏 Such a great souvenir! 🎵 Learn more about my song 'Child of the Nile' ! 🌍 And follow my current journey @troubadours.tour #travellingmusician #travelsongs #singersongwriter #folkmusician #worldmusicaddict #sharingmusic #busking #streetperformer #chansons #Spotify #Bandcamp #Africa #Uganda

#streetmusic #visitbretagne #travelandmusic #songwriter #tck #explorefrance #nomadlife

More concerts in Brazil in 2019, this time with Tatavo at POW Boteco, Rio de Janeiro #stpatricksdayabroad #powbotecoespumante

2019, Lapa, RJ, Brazil - Brazilian musicians performing at an Irish session at the Lapa Irish Pub. #lapairishpub #irishpubsworldwide

2019, RJ, Brazil - Remembering a great gig at the Macao Caolho Rock Bar in Copacobana for the March St Paddy's Day ☘ 🇮🇪 🇧🇷 #stpatricksdayabroad #travelandmusic

"The Bard of Bottlesford" - Wonderful gig for the Queen's Jubilee Party.

"Tiny Dancers 😊" How early dancing starts in Uganda. Primary school children celebrate the end of the year in the best way I've ever seen! 😃 #visituganda #africanmusic

"Falling for the Bass Adungu" - A giant goat-skin and wood miracle that sounds just like an upright bass! Here played by Dieu-donne from the Congo.

"The Nyakabingo Village Band" - A brilliant group of musicians I had the pleasure of meeting in Uganda in 2015.

"Live Thai Folk" - Summer 2012, Lamai Beach #visitthailand #thaimusic #worldmusic

"The Endingidi" - In 2015, learning this Ugandan tube fiddle in the studio to record the Nyakabingo Village band on a local take of "Child of the Nile" #worldmusic #africanmusic #ethnicinstruments

"The Saw-U" - Pre-Instagram, 2013, learning this resonant cocunut violin I found on a trip to Thailand, featuring on my upcoming album.

Clips from the recent gig @dorchesterfestival 🎶 🎸 🎵 Thanks to organiser @formansteph Songs available @ samcronin.bandcamp.com

GO ON HOME, RUSSIAN SOLDIERS!!! Adaptation of the Irish revolutionary song. #ukrainewar #aljazeeraenglish #ukraine🇺🇦 #ukraine #ukraine_blog