Yoakam draws a crazy-quilt melange of fans, from deep-woods traditional country diehards to coffee-sipping, Americana-loving hipsters.

WSJ: New player The Lone Bellow storms folk-rock party

Grammy award-winning artists Brett James, Nanci Griffith and Kristian Bush are among the leading performers, with musical genres ranging from country to traditional folk.

BBC: Nashville festival gives NI musicians a chance to shine

Intending to build a private English kingdom in the Zambian wilds, he shipped out grand pianos and fine wines from the mother country, while local labourers reproduced traditional English furniture from native wood and lugged building materials through the bush for hours.

BBC: Escaping modern life in Zambia��s north

Bafing Kul draws his musical inspiration from traditional and various rhythms from his country which he combines with reggae music.

UNESCO: International Women's Day

Although he did speak once on television, the ageing Attlee still undertook his traditional speaking tour of the country, driven by car from hustings to hustings, as usual, by his faithful wife Vi.

BBC: CONSERVATIVE VICTORY

While this excludes day trippers from Denver and the immediate area, virtually any skiers traveling from further away will be staying two nights or more anyway, especially those taking traditional week or long weekend ski vacations from other parts of the country.

FORBES: Family Friendly Skiing In Colorado: Kids Ski Free Every Single Day This Winter

But then he does something unique in the world: While the rums start in the traditional fashion, produced in local distilleries and barrel-aged in the tropical sun, they are plucked from their country of origin at just the right moment and brought to the Ferrand estate in France, where they are refined for several more months in small French oak Ferrand cognac barrels.

FORBES: Today is National Rum Day: Try Some Really Old Rum