Derekthered's Corsica blog

I'm a great lover of Corsican music - especially Corsican Polyphony in all its forms. I actually learnt about this music through i muvrini, a Corsican band who started out as a Polyphony group but who have evolved and become accepted into mainstream contemporary music in France and elsewhere. (If you're interested check out http://www.terracorsa.info/ for some great clips).

I don't understand jazz (though I suspect my son and sister-in-law do) but I realise the importance of the Calvi Jazz Festival in the Island's calendar. However, you have a problem finding sensible information about this event on Google, and the last time I asked them, the Corsican Tourist Board didn't know the dates - hopefully this has now changed. Thanks to a couple of people who have taken the trouble to inform the discussion group Corsica Lista (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corsicalista) I can now reveal that the date of the Festival in 2006 is 13th-18th June. It would be great if the organisers could keep their website going all year so that jazz-loving tourists don't have to do lots of research before they book their flights.