The
New York Times' Travel section this week ran its music issue, which had polite descriptions of festivals in Mali and Morocco, as well as rundowns of the music scenes in Stockholm and Istanbul. More local exoticism can be found in the podunk town of Denton, Texas. Seems that beneath the country bumpkin facade of "Piggly Wiggly markets and dusty pawnshops" lies a thriving and eclectic music scene! How did
that happen? Maybe it's because of the University of North Texas' music school, or the presence of the largest state-funded women's college in America, or the city's population of over 100k. Wouldn't it be more shocking if Denton
didn't have a band like Midlake living there?
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