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Wed, December 2, 2020 | 09:25
Indie musicians raise voice on gender-based discrimination
Indie musicians raise voice on gender-based discrimination
Some indie musicians have broken their silence about discrimination based on gender in the music scene through a compilation album. A project album “We, Do It Together” by Wewewe Project was released on Nov. 26 in hopes of raising awareness on gender based discrimination issues. Kim Min-jung, vocalist of the six-year-old indie band Ego Function Error and the leader of the Wew...
Park Ji-won | 2020-12-01 13:25
Pianist Sunwoo Ye-kwon hopes to bring comfort
Pianist Sunwoo Ye-kwon hopes to bring comfort
Award-winning pianist Sunwoo Ye-kwon released a new album, Tuesday, which he hopes will comfort pandemic-weary people.
Park Ji-won | 2020-11-25 13:59
Pianist Choue Hee-youn holds recital
Pianist Choue Hee-youn holds recital
Pianist Choue Hee-youn will present a solo recital at the Youngsan Art Hall on Yeouido in Seoul, Nov. 25. It will include works by Bach, Mozart, Debussy and Albeniz.
Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-11-20 09:31
Folk singer says 'bring back hippies' to solve COVID-19 problems
Folk singer says 'bring back hippies' to solve COVID-19 problems
Legendary Korean folk rocker Hahn Dae-soo returned to his homeland recently to record and release what he promises will be his final album, “Blue Skies White Clouds,” on Nov. 14. He came here with his Russian-American wife and their teenage daughter, leaving behind their New York home with no definite plans to return. “I'm 72 now, and once again I am at the epicenter of a pan...
2020-11-16 17:42
Na Hoon-a to hold Christmas Concerts in Seoul, Busan and Daegu
Na Hoon-a to hold Christmas Concerts in Seoul, Busan and Daegu
Trot singer Na Hoon-a will hold Christmas concerts titled “Na Hoon-a: Brother Tes Jingle Bell Concert” in Seoul, Daegu and Busan in December, following his sensational TV concert which aired on KBS2 on the eve of the Chuseok holiday in September.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-11-09 16:48
7 billion: 'Baby Shark' becomes most-watched video on YouTube
7 billion: 'Baby Shark' becomes most-watched video on YouTube
"Baby Shark Dance," a sing-and-dance video for the megahit children's song of the same name, has become the most-watched video on YouTube, the song's creator said Monday.
2020-11-02 16:06
Baritone singer Kim Gihoon: Late start helped me succeed
Baritone singer Kim Gihoon: Late start helped me succeed
In a local classical music competition back in 2009, Kim Gihoon was waiting for the results of the first time he ever sang in public. The host of the contest did not call his name from the list of vocalist winners and moved on to musical instrument sections.
2020-10-31 17:10
CelloGayageum bridges music of East and West
CelloGayageum bridges music of East and West
The cello and gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither) are representative string instruments of Western and Korean music, respectively. CelloGayageum, a duet of Austrian cellist Sol Daniel Kim and Korean gayageum player Yoon Da-young, pursues an extraordinary collaboration between East and West featuring the two similar yet different instruments.
Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-10-15 17:57
Cassette tapes come back as retro thrives
Cassette tapes come back as retro thrives
In the 1980s and 1990s, playing a cassette tape was one of the most common ways to enjoy music. It was small and cheap, so it was a good format for production companies to release their music on and for consumers to enjoy popular songs at lower prices.
Park Ji-won | 2020-09-17 16:47
KAIST student-turned-musician promotes Argentinean tango instrument
KAIST student-turned-musician promotes Argentinean tango instrument
Koh Sang-ji refuses to be portrayed as a pioneer of Argentinean folk instrument bandoneon in Korea. But her life is self-explanatory when it comes to raising awareness of the accordion-like instrument used in tango ensembles.
Yi Whan-woo | 2020-09-09 14:17
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