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The Revival Tour @ Commonwealth Bar & Stage for Stampede 2013

May 28, 2013.

Due to overwhelming response to the Revival Tour show at Commonwealth on Monday July 8th, we have added a second show on Tuesday July 9th. We’ve also made some slight changes to the lineup with the addition of local legend Danny Vacon (The Dudes, Dojo Workhorse, High Kicks) for the Tuesday show. VIP and advanced tickets now available here .

FEATURING Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) Jay Malinwoski (Bedouin Soundclash) Craig Finn (The Hold Steady) Tim Barry (Avail) Miesha Louie (Miesha & The Spanks) (July 8th) Danny Vacon (The Dudes) (July 9th)

Regular & VIP tickets are on sale now ! A VIP ticket will give you access to The Revival Tour BBQ, hosted on the Commonwealth patio from 7 to 9pm on Monday, July 8th – come down early for the show and enjoy the company of friends & fans!

Your exclusive ticket to the show offers you a chance to hang with the guys over beers & grub and take in some sunshine before finding your spot at the bar prior to everyone else getting let in the door. There will be great food cooking and your favorite beer flowing, we’ll hook you up with your own Revival Tour coozie to keep it cool and we’ll send you home in a Revival Tour t-shirt to keep you warm, along with a copy of Chuck Ragan’s book “The Road Most Traveled”.

The Revival Tour @ SXSW

March 15, 2013, the revival tour documentary on rolling stone, february 1, 2013.

“ Hot Water Music’s post-hardcore sound is raw and rugged, but for the past five years, frontman Chuck Ragan has led the Revival Tour, bringing together musicians for an intimate acoustic tour inspired by the folk music tradition. Last year, Ragan was joined by Cory Branan and Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash, touring the world in stripped-down style. In this documentary, Ragan looks back at what and who he’s brought together for what have turned out to be emotionally powerful experiences. ”

Please head on over to Rolling Stone for the premiere of The Revival Tour Documentary, a great half-hour inside look at The Revival Tour.

Banquet Records Instore Performance

November 26, 2012.

Thanks to Banquet Records for having us instore during the Fall 2012 Revival Tour!

The Revival Tour Update – Fall 2012

November 15, 2012.

German Announcement Video

October 24, 2012.

Thanks to Uncle M for this great announcement video for our German dates on The Revival Tour!

24.10. DE — Berlin — SO36 02.11. DE — Hamburg — Übel & Gefährlich 03.11. DE — Dresden — Beatpol 04.11. DE — München — Freiheiz 05.11. AT — Wien — Flex 08.11. CH — Zürich — Abart 09.11. DE — Stuttgart — Zapata 10.11. DE – Wiesbaden — Ringkirche

For more information (and a full list of The Revival Tour dates for this fall), visit Tour Dates .

Win an Acoustic Chuck Ragan Concert in Your Apartment!

October 15, 2012.

Hamburg – right now you have a chance to win a Chuck Ragan acoustic concert in your apartment the afternoon of November 2! All you need to do is send in a photo of your kitchen and the address. See here for all the details!

PS: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria: most of these shows are almost sold out, so grab your tickets now!

23.10. DE – Köln – Live Music Hall 24.10. DE – Berlin – SO36 02.11. DE – Hamburg – Übel & Gefährlich 03.11. DE – Dresden – Beatpol 04.11. DE – München – Freiheiz 05.11. AT – Wien – Flex 08.11. CH – Zürich – Abart 09.11. DE – Stuttgart – Zapata 10.11. DE – Wiesbaden – Ringkirche *already sold out*

Daytrotter Session

October 4, 2012.

The Revival Tour joined Daytrotter at the end of the spring tour in Rock Island, IL to record a session.

“ For this day and night at the end of the spring tour, Ragan brought his raggedy band of brothers to Rock Island. He, Cory Branan, Nathaniel Rateliff and auxiliary musicians Joe Ginsberg and Jon Gaunt were joined that day by Tom Gabel of Against Me! (who would just weeks later announce his transformation into Laura Jane Grace). On these recordings (minus Gabel, who rested on the bus as they were happening), which run through the solo work of all, one can hear the camaraderie of five men determined to get to the bottom of just what’s being asked of them in life. They are willing to see their days run out and all blood spilled just to learn that there’s something at the ends of all these roads that might be worth continuing for and not just some rambling chase for the chase’s sake. Ragan sings, “Are we not the ones that manifest our destiny/Are we not the ones that spill blood in the streets/Are we not the ones that eat our young, destroy the land and sea/Then cry for help when all is said and done,” and it’s that thought – of when all is said and done – that he and these other men want to feel good about. It’s important to them that there’s something worthwhile, when the punctuation closes for them. ”

Thank you to Daytrotter for having us out! Visit their website to listen to and download the session.

Chuck Ragan Compiles Tour Stories In ‘The Road Most Traveled’

The Road Most Traveled is more than just a collection of anecdotes, it’s as much a handbook of how to act on tour as it is a cautionary tale of what not to do if you want to sustain this lifestyle for years to come. There couldn’t be a better person to put together this tome than Chuck Ragan and here he’s collected tales from members of the Gaslight Anthem, Rise Against, At the Drive-In and many more, all of whom share their own unique perspective on travel. The road isn’t always glamorous, but for some of us it’s in our blood. These are those stories.

Collecting road stories and cautionary tales from Berlin to Boston, Hollywood to Helsinki, each chapter offers a unique perspective on travel and how to survive it. Each chapter has its own voice and its own pearls of wisdom, from Greg Anntonito of The Bouncing Souls espousing the importance of sleep and water (“if you are touring for up to nine months a year, you have to develop endurance and a healthy lifestyle. Especially if you are a lead singer”) while internationally-published journalist Jonah Bayer finds sage advice in Bill and Ted (“the most valuable lesson that I’ve learned is simply to ‘be excellent to each other’”). Yo-yo demonstrator Steve Brown urges the need to explore (“No matter how tired you are, how broke you are, how little you feel loved or appreciated . . . go check out that county fair”) while Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon advocates not taking this touring life for granted (“I realized one day I’m going to be too old, or too tired, or just called to something else, so I need to enjoy this now. Live today. Watch everything, absorb everything, breathe it in”). Narratives such as these and many more from Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath, Chunksaah Records president Kate Hiltz, At The Drive-In’s Jim Ward, and many more offer snapshots into a world than many have never witnessed while, at the same time, providing much-needed advice to those actually living that lifestyle.

“This book is dedicated to those who have, and continue to live a life on the road, and to our loved ones who’ve dealt with our absence which is result of this way of life and work,” begins The Road Most Traveled, an inspiring assemblage of stories, tales and anecdotes about life on the road and how to survive it. Told by The Camaraderie Collective which consists of members of assorted punk and indie rock bands such as Flogging Molly, Samiam, Social Distortion, Frank Turner, Joe Gittlemen, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dropkick Murphy’s Al Barr, William Elliot Whitmore, managers, bus drivers, crews, label personnel, and other folks who lived and worked just as long on the road behind the curtains and the lights. These stories were compiled by consummate road warrior, CHUCK RAGAN who himself logs over two thirds of each year on tour with his long-running band HOT WATER MUSIC, his Americana/folk solo career, and his traveling folk multi-artist ensemble THE REVIVAL TOUR. “I chose the road at an early age,” he writes in the foreward. “Although I found amazing places, stories, and people, I’ve lost just as many. I’ll say, looking back on the course of it all, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

You can buy The Road Most Traveled from our store or www.ChuckRaganMusic.com for only $19.99, as well as at some of your favorite bands’ merch tables.

The Revival Tour Announces Fall Dates in the UK and Europe

July 22, 2012.

Featuring Chuck Ragan, Cory Branan, Emily Barker, Jay Malinowski, and Rocky Votolato

“In the last five years that I’ve had the opportunity of being on The Revival Tour, it’s been nothing but an invigorating breath of fresh air amongst the sea of live music out there today,” explains Americana singer/songwriter Chuck Ragan about the musical and cultural collaborative phenomenon that he helped create. “The revolving showcase of real music by real people in a simple grassroots fashion seems it originated in the old days from families and communities sharing music together, this is the simple ethic in live music events that we aim to revive.” The UK and European edition this Fall kicks off with a multi-national collection of amazing storytellers in Ragan, American singer/songwriter Cory Branan (who played on this past Spring’s US edition), South Australia’s Emily Barker, Canada’s Jay Malinowski from reggae band Bedouin Soundclash and Texan Rocky Votolato.

The Revival Tour begins its trek in Cardiff, Wales on 16 October and circling throughout Europe and returning to the UK in late November and the official presale begins 23 July (Eventim presale in Germany on 25 July). To make the tour even more special, four separate presale packages will be available for purchase on www.therevivaltourtix.com (general on sale begins 28 July):

1) General Admission ticket with a free instant download of the 2012 Revival Tour Sampler including one track from each of the artists.

2) General Admission ticket and the hardcover edition of The Road Most Traveled by The Camaraderie Collective with a foreword by Chuck Ragan with writings, tour stories and advice by roadies, crew, bus drivers, agents and artists such as Frank Turner, Brian Fallon, William Elliot Whitmore, Franz Nicolay & many more, plus a download of the 2012 Revival Tour Sampler.

3) General Admission ticket and Limited Edition Lithograph plus an instant download of the 2012 Revival Tour Sampler.

4) General Admission ticket and Limited Edition 2011 Revival Tour LP Red Vinyl which includes a digital download card plus an instant download of the 2012 Revival Tour Sampler.

10.16 Solus / Cardiff, UK 10.17 Waterfront / Norwich, UK 10.18 Islington Academy / London, UK 10.19 Concorde 2 / Brighton, UK 10.20 Trix / Antwerp, BE 10.21 Tivoli de Helling / Utrecht, NL 10.23 Live Music Hall / Cologne, DE 10.24 SO36 / Berlin, DE 10.25 Amager Bio / Copenhagen, DK 10.26 John Dee / Oslo, NO 10.27 Musikens Hus / Göteborg, SE 10.28 Debaser Slussen / Stockholm, SE 10.30 Tavastia / Helsinki, FI 11.01 Inkonst / Malmö, SE 11.02 Uebel & Gefährlich / Hamburg, DE 11.03 Beatpol / Dresden, DE 11.04 Freiheiz / Munich, DE 11.05 Flex / Vienna, AT 11.06 KSET / Zagreb, HR 11.07 Factory (Area 2) Milano, IT 11.08 Abart / Zurich, CH 11.09 Zapata / Stuttgart, DE 11.10 Ringkirche / Wiesbaden, DE 11.11 Maroquinerie / Paris, FR 11.12 Wedgewood Rooms / Portsmouth, UK 11.13 Academy 2 / Oxford, UK 11.14 Academy 2 / Manchester, UK 11.15 Rescue Rooms / Nottingham, UK 11.16 Other Room / Birmingham, UK 11.17 Garage / Glasgow, UK 11.18 Northumbria University / Newcastle, UK 11.19 Thekla / Bristol, UK 11.20 Stylus / Leeds, UK

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‘The Revival Tour’ Documentary Celebrates Collaboration – Premiere

By Rolling Stone

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Hot Water Music ‘s post-hardcore sound is raw and rugged, but for the past five years, frontman Chuck Ragan has led the Revival Tour, bringing together musicians for an intimate acoustic tour inspired by the folk music tradition. Last year, Ragan was joined by  Cory Branan and Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash,  touring the world in stripped-down style. In this documentary, Ragan looks back at what and who he’s brought together for what have turned out to be emotionally powerful experiences.

Inside Rolling Stone’s Austin Rock Room: Hot Water Music

“From the top, we [all] play and sing together, showcasing a song from each artist’s catalog that’s on the bill that evening,” Ragan tells Rolling Stone of the tour’s special format. “There’re usually five to six artists as well as back-up accompaniment of fiddles, upright bass, mandolins, banjos and more. After this, most will peel off to spotlight one of the artists aboard who’ll present their own works.” In the spirit of collaboration, the following artist joins the one onstage to play along, creating a series of seamless transitions.

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“Revival is always different, always a learning experience and always exhilarating,” says Ragan. “We all realize why we’re there and find a moment in time where we leave our troubles at the door [and] to find something in common with strangers.”

This year’s edition of the Revival Tour, the sixth one, features Ragan, Votolato, Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath, Streetlight Manifesto’s Toh Kay, Los Angeles musician Jenny O, Loved Ones’ Dave Hause and New Jersey-based singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. The tour kicks off on March 15th at Corpus Christi, Texas’ House of Rock and wraps up April 23rd at L.A.’s El Rey Theatre. For full tour dates and tickets, visit the Revival Tour’s website .

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Like everything in life, you can blame the hippies.

Filthy, filthy hippies.

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For you see at one time making music was considered a communal thing. Something that was done in kitchens. Something that was done around the campfire. Something that was done in barns, basements, backyards, on a boat and with a goat, etc.

Until the hippies came along a ruined it for everyone with their idiotic, rhythm-challenged drum circles and unwashed, peyote-fueled moon howlings and marathon, hacky-sacking and hula-hooping Phish festivals.

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Stupid hippies.

An excellent thing, then, when you can see it reclaimed by regular, non-hippie folk, actual musicians whose love of creating together is a key ingredient of the excellence they create

Tuesday night at the Commonwealth Bar and Stage Calgarians were treated to that with the second of the Revival Tour’s two-night stand in the city.

The labour of love of Chuck Ragan, frontman for American post punk act Hot Water Music, the acoustic tour is the musical equivalent of Kumbaya sans soap-dodgers and dreadlocks on Caucasians. Since 2008, Ragan has collected together some friends and musical heroes to tour together and play together for the love of it.

That love was on full display Tuesday night in front of what was a somewhat sparser crowd than Monday’s sold-out first show.

And by all accounts, perhaps even helped by the fact there was actual space to breathe and enjoy, it was even more of an evening to remember.

The setup: simple. Ragan and guests play a set together, then everyone gets their own 15-20 minutes set where the other musicians can join in if they want, and the night closes with another communal set.

The results: magic. Pure magic.

Joining the ringleader and his two touring partners on this particular jaunt was Craig Finn from alt rock act The Hold Steady, Tim Barry from Virginia punk act Avail, Jay Malinowski from Canadian pop act Bedouin Soundclash, and locals Miesha Louie and Danny Vacon (prom king and queen of the Calgary rock scene).

And all of them got it. All of them came to play, confident enough in their own talents to take a backseat (or tambourine) when needed, and game enough to throw themselves into it. They all looked like they were having a ball and that energy and enthusiasm was infectious.

Even when they weren’t onstage, they stood beside it, taking in what the others were doing and, by the smiles, grooves and headnods, loving every minute of it.

The beauty of it, too, was that surrendering to the group didn’t mean surrendering their own identities. Finn was still the intense, wordy accountant; Barry was like a skinnier, likeable Larry the Cable Guy who was more than happy to hop in the crowd and get with the masses; Malinowski was a hearththrob with a smooth, pop croon; Vacon was his typically affable and f-ing cool self; his counterpart Louie was charged and brooding; and Ragan, himself, was everything you’d want from a host — warm, gracious, inviting, encouraging and generous — while also showing off he’s one hell of a rustic, troubadour.

And musically, the evening was more than generous, clocking it at almost three, fluid hours of songs that spanned the familiar — each artist playing their own solo stuff or material from their other bands — to material that only seemed familiar.

It was rousing, it was soothing, it was inspiring, it was for imbibing, it was for singing along to, it was for being a part of, being one with, a communal, musical night.

In the best, washed and shampooed sense imaginable.

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Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry and Ben Nichols announce “The Revival Tour”

Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music , Tim Barry of Avail and Ben Nicols of Lucero have announced plans to tour together this fall.

All the tours that I've done since I've been doing this solo stuff have in some way or the other ended up with a bunch of friends onstage by the end of the night, I've always loved seeing that and now I'm absolutely loving creating something like that with good friends who think and believe along the same lines.

The three of us have been in bands that each have their own sound, but I think we're all coming from the same place musically concerning this tour, When it comes down to it, we all appreciate good songs and good songwriters and that's what this tour is all about," he adds, "stripping everything down to its basic form and playing some good songs with some of your friends. The idea of Woody Guthrie, just a man and a guitar, is very appealing to all of us--and the chance to be a part of something like that with Chuck and Tim is something I couldn't pass up. We all have our own types of songs, but I think it'll be a blast basically sitting around a campfire every night playing music with some friends.

While the tour will feature individual sets from each artist, it will be more reminiscent of the folk tradition of involving multiple artist collaborations--and each performer will have guests coming on and off stage, including the three primary songwriters who plan to hunker down in Barry's Richmond, Virginia backyard this summer to learn each other's respective tracks.

Dates are expected to be announced soon.

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.

Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?

My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

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If you are considering this on the 2015 June Baltic cruise on Voyager; my suggestion is don't. There is so much to do in St. Petersburg and although a train is one of my favorite ways to travel the time would be far better spent in St. P.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, this would be on the Voyager during the 2015 season but not yet sure exactly which cruise.

We did the Moscow excursion "on a different luxury line", but from your brief description it sounds very much like the same trip, so I will operate on that assumption. It is a VERY long day! We left the ship at 5:30 AM and returned at 12:30 AM. The highspeed train trip is comfortable, and while they call it "Business Class" it does not compare well to the equivalent class on say Rail Europe. When we did it in 2011, we did have highspeed both ways, and the trip back seemed much longer as the adrenaline and excitement had worn off!:D

Moscow itself is not that terribly different from any other big city in the world, but this Cold War kid never thought he would ever stand in Red Square, never mind walk the grounds of The Kremlin, or tour The Kremlin Palace, or see (but not visit) Lenin's Tomb, or visit The Armoury. But he did, and he loved every minute of it! Yes, it is a long day, and you barely scratch a scratch on the surface, but it is worth it. There is a tremendous amount to see in St. Petersburg, but every Baltic cruise goes to St. Petersburg, so you can go back if you choose to. Not every cruiseline offers you the chance to see Moscow.

I have not personally done this tour, but our last time in St Petersburg, the private guide that we hired for a day was leading the regent tour to Moscow on the high speed train the next day. He said it was way better than the previous alternative, which was flying to Moscow and back. He said that you actually got to Moscow faster because you didn't have to deal with airline checkin etc. it did seem like a very long day to me, and there is so much to see and do in st. Petersburg that I didn't consider doing it.

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We toured to Moscow from St. Petersburg via the hi-speed SAPSAN train last September, from a Baltic cruise on the Oceania Marina. You need to have a two-night, three day port call in St. Petersburg to take this tour because the tour typically leaves the ship around 5:00 - 5:30 AM and doesn't return until after midnight the next day. We didn't take the ship's tour; we made private arrangements with TravelAllRussia for three days of touring, the first and third days in St. Petersburg and the second day the tour to Moscow by train. Our cost for the private tour for three days was about the same as what the ship charged for the excursion to Moscow alone. There are a number of private tour agencies that operate in St. Petersburg and offer the Moscow train tours; we would strongly recommend them over the ship's tours.

All three days had private guides with car and driver. The second day, the driver picked us up at the ship and took us to the train, but we were alone on the train, and met in Moscow by the guide on the station platform. After our tour and dinner, we were brought back to the train and after the return train trip met by the driver and taken back to the ship. Because you are alone on the train you must have your own Russian visas.

If this is your first visit to St. Petersburg, I would agree there is much more to see there. We found Moscow somewhat a disappointment, particularly Red Square. The Kremlin and the cathedral in Red Square were also worth seeing. But the best thing we saw was the Moscow subway! I worked for the Washington Metro system back in the 1980s as it grew from 40 to 80 miles and although I was in the computer area, I learned a lot about the challenges of running a subway system. We used the Moscow system to get across the city from where we had dinner to the train station, and I was amazed at the cleanliness', speed of operation, the short headways maintained, and the courtesy of everyone involved. A very impressive experience!

We had been to St. Petersburg before, and so had the time to take a day and go to Moscow. Also, I really like trains, and the SAPSAN is a German train set running on Russian rails. Seats are like first class domestic air, spacious but not too plush or comfortable, but with enough room. Not too much recline, and almost 8 hours on the train in two shots is a lot for an old man. They come through and sell drinks, candy, etc. but the sellers don't speak English and no one around us helped, so we had just poor coffee once coming, and brought stuff with us for the trip back. Not too much to see from the train either, particularly on the return when it is night the whole way.

If you decide to go, take a private tour and avoid the overly expensive ship's tour. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't bother to repeat the tour; we've seen Moscow.

Thanks so much to all of you for the thorough and thought insight. Yhe information you have provided is most helpful.

countflorida: Your detailed post is very helpful. We are not quite ready for a Baltic cruise but should do so within a year. Time enough to do our pre travel research, bookings and visa gathering.:) Thank you!

Emperor Norton

Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.   Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?   My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

I did this on Seabourn. IMO DONT. Take Aeroflop (er Aeroflot). The train has non folding seats where you are literally knee to knee with your fellow passenger (facing each other). Further they don't believe in air conditioning. It's also the worlds slowed bullet train. I think I would have found more enjoyment wandering around the St. Petersburg and Moscow airports.

Countflorida,

This is a little off topic,, however we had planned a river cruise in Russia but decided we would rather stay on land and have booked about two weeks with Travel-All-Russia using the private guide and driver. I'm curious as to how you found them as a tour company.

The guides they provided were fine. We had a different guide each of the days in St. Petersburg, but both were flexible, pleasant, knowledgeable and spoke English very well, as did the guide in Moscow, incidentally. She was a bit aloof, distant, not too friendly, but otherwise fine. In fact, she was the one who suggested taking the Metro, which unexpectedly became one of the highlights of the Moscow excursion. If I have a complaint with AllTravelRussia, it is with their plan and its execution (more later).

I had requested emphasis on World War II (in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) sites and info. In scheduling us, they weren't careful about dates and a couple of the sites we wanted to see were scheduled on the third day, after we'd been to Moscow. But both sites were closed that day of the week, and that info was readily available, right on web sites describing them. Also, the included meals (lunches in St. Pete, dinner in Moscow) were not what we asked for: light meals with some choices, so we could avoid things we didn't like and choose things we did like. My request was ignored; we were given full Russian meals with a fixed menu, no choice. On the first day, a fish dish was the entre, but I am allergic to fish. Fortunately, I had the e-mail I'd sent with me and showed it to the guide, and she was able to change my entre to chicken, which was very good actually. But we didn't want a 3-4 course lunches or dinner (in Moscow). We had the guide drop the lunch the third day, although we never got any credit or refund. But, particularly in contrast to the ship's tours, the prices were so reasonable we didn't worry too much about it.

The people who were on the ship's tour to Moscow saw us boarding the same train for which they were forced to queue up and wait on the way back, and asked us what we had done. I was candid and open so they were not happy when I explained what we had arranged and particularly what it had cost. Also, when we returned to the ship, we found they had laid on a late supper for those who had gone to Moscow, so up we went and had something. Well, it turns out the late supper was supposed to be just for those on the ship's tour, but we and others on 'independent' tours, there were a dozen or more of us, crashed the party, actually got there first, and they didn't realize it until the larger group arrived and there weren't enough tables/places set. By that time, the 'independents' had all gotten served and were eating; what could they do?

A couple from the larger group sat down with us and asked us about our tour, and they were the ones I told about our arrangement and its cost. They turned to others who’d been with them and announced the details, loudly enough so the whole room heard, which started a lot of bitching and complaining. I gathered they weren't very happy with the ship's tour to begin with, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. We finished up and beat it out of there, but overheard later that one of the excursion staff came to check on something and ran into a real mess. I caught a cold on the trip, which forced me to bed the second day following in Tallinn, so by the time we reappeared we heard about the contretemps' but apparently no one recalled who started it, thankfully.

Because of what happened to us, I would probably not use AllTravelRussia if I were to go again, or if I did, I would be sure to get confirmation of every detail of the tour. They do have good reviews generally, and we were certainly helped by their visa department and liked the guides and drivers. Their weakness, I say now with full 20:20 hindsight, is that once the sales person who plans the tour, sells it to you and collects your money, he (or she) transfers the plan to their Russia office for implementation; there is no follow-up to make sure it gets done right. And that is where our problems arose; we paid for a custom tour but got a standard package with a few destinations switched, and no one checked them out, even to see when they were open the day we were scheduled to go. If you check every detail that’s important to you, it should be OK, but that’s a hell of a way to have to do business, in my opinion.

Thank you for the 20/20 hindsight observation on your Russian tour operator, and better priced than the ship's excursion cost.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

We had the same experience as you so far as price. We originally booked a Viking Cruise but, hearing some things about the river cruises that made us unhappy, looked into other options. T-A-R cost the same or less than a cruise and had us in hotels for 11 days. We opted for the private tour. They have three tour levels, based on hotels. We originally opted for the four star as it did not cost much more than the three star hotels. Finally we decided to throw it all in and upgraded to five star. In Moscow we will be at the newly opened Kempinsky which is two blocks from Red Square. In St. Petersburg it is the Grand Hotel Europe, one of the most vaunted luxury hotels in Russia. Location is important for us as the tours use up only part of the day so being in the center of everything for our independent touring is important. As with many other cities, the less you pay, the farther out of the center of town you are.

We have been working with our salesman in D.C. and he seems to get back to us with the changes we want. He recently returned from Russia so is up on everything. When I asked they said they paid the full TA commission if I wanted so I got my usual TA on board so he is watching our back and giving us that extra level of comfort. He also set up our air, which I know pays him little or nothing, and got us business class for much less than T-A-R wanted for economy, though it took working for a while with a consolidator. He's happy to get his 10 percent on this trip without having booked it. He also took care of the trip insurance. We've been doing a lot of research on the CC sister site Trip Advisor and will write a report there. We will, I guess, become a source of info for CC members after having spent 5 days in Moscow and 6 in SP.

• 4 months later...

scubacruiserx2

Anybody considering a day trip to Moscow from St. Petersburg on the Sapsan may want to look at our travelogue filled with pictures.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1927687

Very informative. Thanks dor sharing. Jeff

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Raucous Tchaikovksy from the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in London

The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra continued their European tour with three programs at the Cadogan Hall, all with works by Tchaikovksy. As far as programming goes, the MSSO played it safe, but when it comes to Tchaikovksy this is not necessarily a criticism. In fact, the three pieces played on the first evening are my three favourite by the composer; his Marche Slave , First Piano Concerto, and Fourth Symphony. All three works are boisterous and intense, and combined with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra who could be described in those exact same terms, the evening proved to be filled to the brim with energy.

Marche Slave is one of my favourite guilty pleasure pieces. It is Russian bombast at its finest and not very subtle, but it is wonderfully dramatic and energizing. The Marche Slave is also a great way to open a concert: at ten minutes long it immediately grabs everyone’s attention by force. The piece uses themes from Serbian folk songs as well as the Russian national anthem, and it is this combination that makes it all the more interesting. The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra made sure that the music was not reduced to pompousness, their fast pace and ear-piercing highs caused many a heart to race. At times the balance in the orchestra was slightly off, there were moments where they sounded shrill and lacked a certain depth, and times where the violins overshadowed the rest of the orchestra – but overall the performance was more than satisfying, as evidenced by very enthusiastic applause.

The Piano Concerto no. 1 is a much-loved concerto, and with good reason. The first dedicatee, Nikolai Rubinstein, actually refused the piece in 1874, considering it “worthless”. This kind of reaction to the concerto is hard to understand nowadays, and thankfully Tchaikovksy found a second dedicatee, Hans von Bülow, who was eager to perform its première in 1875. The concerto consists of three movements, the first opening with commanding brass, after which the piano and strings join in. Soloist Tatiana Kolesova was a spirited addition to the stage. She clearly revelled in the performance, and brought a lightness of touch to the more moving section, while the opening of the first movement, and the final movement in particular, received an impassioned performance.

Tchaikovksy’s Symphony no. 4 is still an incredible work, no matter how many times I hear it. It was written during a particularly difficult period in Tchaikovksy’s life – including a marriage he did not enjoy and a failed suicide attempt, and the famous “Fate” theme in the symphony is often thought to reflect this. It was not all misery for Tchaikovksy, however, as he had struck up a lucrative friendship with Nadezhda von Meck, who became his patroness and to whom the symphony is dedicated. It also thanks to her that a programme of the symphony, written by Tchaikovksy, remains.

The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra’s performance of this symphony was, in a word, fast. It was indeed also at the faster and more violent moments that the orchestra seemed most comfortable, which is something that I noticed throughout the concert. Thankfully the second movement was treated with a subtlety and warm sound that I had not yet heard during the performance, and because of this the orchestra delivered the best music of the evening in this movement. Tchaikovsky described the mood of this movement as “the melancholy feeling which comes in the evening when one sits alone, tired from work, having picked up a book but let it fall from one’s hands”, a feeling of desolation, which became almost tangible in the MSSO’s performance. Soon after this movement it was back to business, with the fourth, final part of the symphony being particularly raucous.

The concert left me pondering. Generally I like my classical music loud and fast, and it is true Tchaikovksy’s music can handle this treatment, but I wonder whether the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra might not have been a little bit too eager to show off their skills. The conductor’s decision for the pace might have had different reasons, but as I was leaving the concert hall I could not help but think that Tchaikovksy’s music does not deserve to be rushed quite so much.

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