So I was pretty darn ticked off to have missed these guys last sunday at the Hanggai Music Festival… freaking scooter be blamed! But here a video of them in action which makes me even more mad that i’ve missed the whole thing. There will be a full review of the show at some point [...]
Tags: Rhythm of Rajasthan
Well, I haven’t exactly spent that much time there over the past few years but it’s still shocking, sad and abrupt: A Notice went out today that CD Blues Cafe is closing and tonight will be their last bash The story is a bit murky with electricity being shut down and things of the sort [...]
I’ve been looking for this one since i saw the first post about it over a month ago.. Why? just look at the names coming in and the numbers of countries/ethnics represented! Hanggai, in organizing the 2012 edition of their festival, has pulled off one hell of a coup. They have also managed to stay [...]
Tags: ajinai, Hanggai, hanggai festival, hanggai festival 2012, rhythms of Rajastan, Soul of dolan, Tiloun, Yemen Blues
A couple of months ago, the team behind Rock in China wiki and good ‘daze friends set out to collect samplers from all around China to get a feel for what was happening in the ‘core side of things… by ‘core they meant hardcore, nintendocore and all kinds of other terms i’d never heard off. [...]
Tags: core in china, Free Music, hardcore in china, King Lychee, Rock in China
I’m not sure I’ve entirely recovered from last weekend’s musical onslaught.. really folks! MIDI rocked the shit out of me, especially with an awesome Miserable Faith performance. Ningxia Night on Monday was special as usual and so were the other days.. Still, It’s thursday and time to see what else is happening over the next [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, Bad Apples, Hanggai, hanggai festival, iz, Mamer, Residence A, The Argies, The On Fires, Twinkle Star
I make no qualms about Ditan Folk Festival Being one of my favorite days of the years. As I wrote before, it’s the perfect day to bring together all the musos and non-musos alike for a whole day in the park relaxing. This year, despite a less than stellar lineup, it was no exception. We [...]
Tags: David and Polad, Ditan Folk Festival 2012, dolan, Ma Di, randy abel stable, Shan Ren, Soundscape, Zhang Si An
I spent the day at MIDI yesterday so I figured I’d throw in a couple of notes and comments for those planning or trying to decide whether to go there or not. – The new location is superb… The rowing park in shunyi is amazing and I’d go back in a heartbeack. – It takes [...]
Tags: MIDI 2012
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