Tag Archives: music

Talib Kweli in Shanghai and Beijing

Video highlights of Yue music festival 2007.

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Internet killed the radio star

Ping Ke on how the Internet has changed radio in China.

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The origins of hip hop

Video of Nokia viral ad about hip-hop in China.

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Composer Chou Wen-Cheng

An interview by Thomas Crampton of Chou Wen-Cheng, a Chinese-American composer who talks about music and its relation to words, and to Chinese calligraphy

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A big northern cock in Beijing

The “Bohemian Beijing adventures of a big northern rooster”: a youngster comes to Beijing to seek a place in the arts and entertainment fields.

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Yi and Wa minority music from Yunnan

This video by Kris Ariel at GoKunming.com show performers from the Yunnan Yuansheng Indigenous Music and Dance Studio.

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Sexy New Pants

New Pants, a new-wave punk band, has its guitarist interviewed by Su Fei for Sexy Beijing.

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The jasmine crossing
by Peter Micic

Melodies and tunes that travel across time and space are fascinating. In China, variants of the same tune can be found across the country, but a tune may also appear in a number of different guises within one area or … Continue reading →

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The Ringing of Sacred Chimes
by Peter Micic

In the spring of 1977, the eminent music historian Huang Xiangpeng carried out tests on pre-Qin bronze bells unearthed from Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and Henan.

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The guqin and earth’s greatest hits
by Peter Micic

Peter Micic writes about guqin music.

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by Peter Micic