Monday 5 March 2007

Camino/Oliver Schroer

Most people walking the 800 km+ El Camino de Santiago travel as lightly as possible. Not so Oliver Schroer. He carried a violin and portable recording studio, “packed in a reliquary of socks and underwear.” Stopping in churches, he recorded a musical diary of his journey.

2 comments:

Otter said...

Oh Helen, This is just the most awesome story! Wow. Went over and listened to a few of Oliver Schroer clips.BEAUTIFUL. His name has been added to my "Need to buy" CD list. Thanks!

Helen said...

You're welcome, and enjoy! What's amazing to me is that he and his wife travelled with another couple for 2 months on the Camino and are still friends. The other couple are photographers, so they gave a presentation here with photos from the trip and Oliver's music in the background (and some great stories).