March 2010 Music Reviews
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Braggtown
Rounder Select Japan
Sometimes you just have to wait for good things to happen. In the case of this release by the Marsalis family iconoclast, it has only been about three years, more than enough time for the sound to simmer and reach its savoury prime so that the listener derives maximun [...]
Wild Women’s Performing Arts Festival
The Wild Women’s Performing Arts Festival is a forum for women performers to join together and raise awareness about gender issues in Korea and around the world. Through aural and visual performances from female poets, musicians, storytellers and dancers, the event addresses the issue of gender equality in a way that Korean and English speakers alike can benefit from.
Epik High Talks Asia with CNN
Fresh from their K-Pop Night showcase at MIDEM 2010 in Cannes, France, Korean hip-hop trailblazers Epik High kicked off the Lunar New Year by sneaking out of their Seoul recording studios to chill and chat with CNN Talk Asia.
Broadcast to nearly 280 million people worldwide, CNN Talk Asia is a 30 minute documentary-style, interview-based show [...]
Jamie Cullum: Tickets on Sale Now!
Jamie Cullum is bringing jazz back to life…
and for the first time
he’s bringing it to Seoul.
When: Saturday April 10, 2010 at 7pm
Where: Ax-Hall (Subway line 5, Gwangnaru Station, Exit 2)
Tickets: W99,000
Jamie Cullum rose from obscurity with his third album, Twentysomething, which was released and went platinum in 2003. He is now embarking on [...]
February 2010 Music Reviews
Keiko Lee
Fragile
Sony Music Japan
One of the truisms of jazz is that live music usually resonates more than the recorded variety, although this is by no means axiomatic. Sometimes, a recording is released that captures the emotional force a performer can project outside of a live environ-ment. Keiko Lee’s latest is one of those recordings. This [...]
