It’s been a weird year in music for Beijing with a lot of knowledgeable folks leaving, disappearing etc… Peter Baird is gone, Pete de Mola is MIA, Tofu not a 2 Kolegas and finally, Jon Campbell, one of the more instrumental behind the scene figures trying to bridge the rock n roll gap between east [...]
Tags: black cat bone, jon campbell, randomk(e)
ah! Helen Feng… A favorite ‘daze crush and one of Beijing’s premier musical personalities winning multiple awards and accolades from the likes of Time Out and MIDI. I’ve been closely following her over the past year ( I swear it’s not stalking) and enjoying every opportunity to see her perform. Plenty of rumors have been [...]
Tags: free the birds, Helen Feng, Pet Conspiracy, ZIYO
It’s a sad day in ‘daze headquarters… wow.. I still remember roughly about two years ago or so, hanging out at TUN on a tuesday night for open mic night with Beijing Rob and Johnny Boy, taking in the music coming from the stage but mostly having some sort of conversation when this angelic voice [...]
Tags: Daisy Sweetgrass, The Redbucks
I spend a lot of time out at shows trying to stay in touch with the music scene and writing about it as much as I can but really from a fan perspective. I do manage to get around the Gulou area, yugong yishan, 2 Kolegas etc… and have a good sense of the scene’s [...]
Tags: D-22, Pete DeMola
We roll tonight [We're on tonight] To the guitar bite Yeah, yeah, oh Stand up and be counted For what you are about to receive We are the dealers We’ll give you everything you need Hail hail to the good times ‘Cause rock has got the right of way We ain’t no legend, ain’t no [...]
So, if you’ve notice, the name Ruby has been popping up in the blog quite often lately from gig reviews to album reviews… She’s a dear friend whose as addicted to music and Beijing as I am… Sharing the same addictions, we naturally kept running into each other all over the place.. there was thought [...]
It ain’t no secret folks, I love me an honest to goodness good time getting down and dirty with some roots music and bourbon.. I do have a hillbilly bone in there, maybe more than one.. and The Redbucks appeal to it. I’ve been following those guys since the first time i spotted them at [...]
Tags: bluegrass, The Redbucks, yugong yishan
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The Food-related posts are stopping on 'daze! They have a new home over at The Noodle Diaries where you can find all the tales of my stomach's adventures through the universe of Chinese Food
