Archive for April, 2009
Interview: A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Peter Buckley from U.K., writer and new addition to Layabozi team, did an interview with Heather Trost of AHAAH in anticipation of the release of Déliverance, and discussed Shakespeare, trousers, music, and Hungarian pastries.
Editor’s Picks April 30-May 5
If you’re here this weekend, read this and you will know what it means to be fested.
Shanghai World Music Fest Lineup
This May holiday will be packed with events, the Midi Festival in Zhenjiang, Straight Oota Canada here in Shanghai, and also here in Shanghai is the World Music Festival, which is apparently some kind of proto-Expo thing. Here’s the line-up:
She’s Back; Will There Be No Respite?
Everyone’s favourite proto-pop emo sk8r grl might well be back in Shanghai a little sooner than expected. Avril Lavigne was named “Canadian Ambassador of the 2010 World Expo Shanghai” in Vancouver last week. Will she be here for the event itself? Will she perform? Will she finally sing “Girlfriend” in Mandarin? Do I care?
No, I [...]
Midi Music Festival 2009 Zhejiang
The Midi Music Festival, the biggest rock show in China, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and this year takes place in Zhejiang. The line up has recently been revealed and we have it here for you. We’ve got links to the bands you don’t know and want to know, and info on how to get yourself to Zhejiang. Also, if you are going on a road trip let us know!
On Jazz/关于爵士
Our friend Nicholas Bouloukos wrote this jazz rumination/introduction for Shanghai’s own Music Lover magazine. We are reprinting it here in English and Chinese with the gracious permission of the author and the publisher. Full disclosure: I also write for the magazine. // 这片文章是Nicholas Bouloukos为《音乐爱好者》写的。这个很棒的杂志在上海音乐学院边上的几家卖唱片和书谱的店里都有卖。
Free Music From Google; Does Anyone Care?
Finally a benefit to having a Chinese IP address! As you’ve almost certainly heard by now, Google launched a free music download service in China last summer, in a clear bid to challenge Baidu’s own (dubiously legal) download service and overall market dominance. Last month, this service was expanded with the addition of material from [...]
Funky Afro Peruvian Sound from Radiokijada
(Those are donkey mandibles they are holding, in case you are wondering).
Ever heard of Afro-Peruvian music before? Me neither. But whilst it may sound slightly like a contrived new-age genre (See, for example, Lost Music of Celtarabia), it turns out to have deep roots in the fusion of cultures created by African slaves brought [...]
