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Tue, September 22, 2020 | 17:00

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

Trot singer Kim Ho-joong to join military next month

Trot singer Kim Ho-joong to join military next month

Kim is scheduled to enter an Army boot camp in the central city of Nonsan, 210 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 10 for basic military training for four weeks. He will then serve as a public service worker for about two years, according to the officials.

2020-08-27 15:30

Drag artist dives into songwriting

Drag artist dives into songwriting

Hurricane Kimchi, the drag name of local artist Heezy Yang, has expanded into music. Teaming up with Jinho, the bassist of garage punk band The 1234-Dah!, they released their first single “Stronger Than You Think,” Aug. 9.

2020-08-25 13:01

Godmother of Korean jazz dies

Godmother of Korean jazz dies

Park Sung-yeon, known as the godmother of jazz in Korea and founder of Korea's first jazz club, died of kidney failure on Saturday. She was 76.

Park Ji-won | 2020-08-24 15:13

BTS inspires hope, happiness with all-English single 'Dynamite'

BTS inspires hope, happiness with all-English single 'Dynamite'

BTS dropped its highly anticipated English-language song “Dynamite” to send messages of hope and happiness to ARMYs - its fans - around the world struggling through the pandemic.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2020-08-21 15:19

Pop star Britney Spears wants her dad out of the picture

Pop star Britney Spears wants her dad out of the picture

Britney Spears wants her father to be removed as the person that controls her business and personal affairs in a major change to her 12-year court-appointed conservatorship.

2020-08-21 14:13

Storytelling in music: K-pop labels cash in on secondary content

Storytelling in music: K-pop labels cash in on secondary content

Following the success of the “BTS World” mobile game that launched last year, the global boy band once again collaborated with game developer Netmarble to unveil “BTS Universe Story,” an interactive mobile storytelling platform, on Wednesday.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2020-08-20 16:25

Seoul punk band goes psychedelic

Seoul punk band goes psychedelic

The psychedelic punk band Deadbuttons has fared this year pretty well, releasing a 10-song album and a single and unveiling a slight modification to the band's name. Maybe to differentiate itself from numerous other band names, most notably Dead Kennedys but also Korean bands Dead Gakkahs, Dead Chunks and Dead Chant, the band took the space out of its name. It seems small, bu...

2020-08-13 09:43

More than 82,000 materials on North Korean music unveiled

More than 82,000 materials on North Korean music unveiled

An inter-Korean concert in 1990 awakened musicians and researchers to look into the deep differences in musical traditions of the two Koreas since they were separated in 1953 as a result of the Korean War.

Park Ji-won | 2020-08-11 16:44

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