Posner might be best known for the hits “Cooler Than Me” and “I Took a Pill in Ibiza,” but the Detroit-born musician has big ambitions for the outdoors as well, and it’s not just performing in spectacular places like Zion National Park. In 2019 Posner embarked on a Walk Across America, traveling from New Jersey to California. He did it in about six months—despite being bitten by a rattlesnake en route. He followed that up by summiting Mt. Everest in 2021, and this year Posner is through-hiking the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail. How’s that for music meets mountains?
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Mike Posner’s Wild Side
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When it comes to connecting with nature, Scout Willis got a head start. She was raised in Sun Valley, Idaho, surrounded by mountains and life close to nature. That early influence can be seen in her music today, as she writes and performs in a way that distills grounding mantras and invokes a playful flirtation. In Sequoia National Park, amid the world's largest trees, Willis said, "To get to sing and play music in a place like this, it's such a privilege."
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Scout Willis Plays Sequoia
Holden Miller on camping, quiet, and playing in Sequoia National Park
In the Shadow of Giants
Great music meets national park adventures
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How Goth Babe finds restoration and inspiration in Olympic National Park
Park Payoff
Goth Babe doesn’t just visit nature. He lives in it. Whether camping out of his converted truck or sailing down the Pacific Coast, Goth Babe has embraced a nomadic lifestyle that perfectly supports his music making. Originally from Tennessee, Goth Babe travels with his dog Sadie, exploring places like Olympic National Park and the West’s other big wilderness areas because, as he puts it, “There’s so much more to listen to when you go out in the natural world.”
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Goth Babe Plays Olympic National Park
Goth Babe sets up camp in Olympic National Park
Forest Concert
When it comes to connecting with nature, Scout Willis got a head start. She was raised in Sun Valley, Idaho, surrounded by mountains and life close to nature. That early influence can be seen in her music today, as she writes and performs in a way that distills grounding mantras and invokes a playful flirtation. In Sequoia National Park, amid the world's largest trees, Willis said, "To get to sing and play music in a place like this, it's such a privilege."
Scout Willis
Sequoia
Scout Willis Plays Sequoia
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How Goth Babe finds restoration and inspiration in Olympic National Park
Park Payoff
“Nature will always put you in your place,” says Chaz Bear, who records as Toro y Moi. That’s one reason the San Francisco Bay Area artist loves playing at Big Sur State Park, where vast hillside vistas overlook the Pacific Ocean, whales can be spotted surfacing off the coast, and cool swimming holes take the sizzle off of summer afternoons. Another reason? Toro y Moi’s evolving experiment in creating a “camping festival with music” — a two-day, community-driven event in Big Sur that’s hard to define, just like his music.
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Toro y Moi Plays Big Sur
Get way out there without losing touch
Disconnect/Connect
Goth Babe doesn’t just visit nature. He lives in it. Whether camping out of his converted truck or sailing down the Pacific Coast, Goth Babe has embraced a nomadic lifestyle that perfectly supports his music making. Originally from Tennessee, Goth Babe travels with his dog Sadie, exploring places like Olympic National Park and the West’s other big wilderness areas because, as he puts it, “There’s so much more to listen to when you go out in the natural world.”
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Goth Babe Plays Olympic National Park
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Goth Babe sets up camp in Olympic National Park
Forest Concert
