Raw Travel’s “My Summer in Ukraine” Documentary Streaming Now
In the summer of 2023, Raw Travel producer and host Robert G. Rose embarks on a poignant and inspiring journey to Ukraine.
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Refugees and Exiles Need a Place to Call Home
My pal, Dima, lead singer of the Russian band Tarakany (Cockroach), and his wife have been exiled from their home in Russia since December 2021 due to their anti-war, pro-Ukraine stance. It’s a reminder that while some suffer more than others (and none certainly more than Ukrainians), the breadth and width of suffering is immense […]
Russian Exile Dima of Tarakany! Releases Anti-War Solo Single
Dima is doing his part. His first single, “I Will be With You,” as a solo artist, is aptly anti-war and more strongly worded now that he has shed the shackles of Putin’s repressive censorship.
Gotta Go Go Go to a Gogol Bordello Show
I finally got to go, go, go… to a Gogol Bordello show and it did not disappoint. After years of traveling Eastern Europe and soaking in the folkloric-inspired sounds of gypsy (Roma) punk rock, I was thrilled to hear that Gogol Bordello was playing three nights at Brooklyn Bowl in, you guessed it, Brooklyn, NYC […]
Raw Travel Visits Ukraine in Wartime
Dear Aaaron Lewis & Staind – Listen to this
Good Morning Vietnam – Saigon’s KOP Rock Band
40 years after the fall of Saigon, we went to Vietnam to check it out. It was wild. I’m glad I was born when I was and instead of going as a draftee in a cargo plane to fight a vaguely defined and scary war in a jungle I was able to go as a […]
Quito’s DMTR – War IS Pretty Stupid. Yes?
QUITO, ECUADOR – DMTR or Demeter is featured in our 1st episode of Raw Travel coming this October to TV screens in the U.S. and later on TV screens all over the world. We featured their anti-war song “Sin Balas, Sin Fronteras” (No Bullets, No Borders) on the show along with an interview with the […]