ah.. 2 kolegas! It’s funny how time goes by and how you’ve grown managed to stay the same! An unpretentious and friendly place where people go in and just bond with like-minded folks debating life’s mysteries until the wee hours of the morning!
Over the past year I spent haunting down music venues all over Beijing, [...]
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ok, I stand corrected! I was doing a quick scan of the shows earlier this week and came to the conclusion that there was not much happening at all…. boy was i wrong. While it doesn’t rival some of the glorious weekends we’ve had in the past, it is more than respectable:
Thrusday Jan 28
DON’T [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, mao, The Unsafe, yugong
Review by Narcissus
I’m always rambling on about The Redbucks amongst others as being some of the better acts in the city… Yes, I’m a fanboy and proud of it. That said, it’s always good to get a different perspective on things and that is where Narcissus, a Chinese friend with an addiction [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, The Redbucks
We’re extremely lucky in Beijing with all the great music we get and the tasty food we have access to.. but what really rocks is the really cool people we have in this city. Jon Campbell of Black Cat Bone and RandomK(e) fame is one of those folks.
Jon took time of his schedule while in [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, Beijing 人, black cat bone, live music, randomk(e)
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I was facing one hell of a dilemma this past friday as to which show i would check out: the evening’s offerings were all intriguing and had the potential to be fantabulous shows. After struggling with the decision [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, Chunqiu, jianghu jiu ba, Kaiser Kuo, Mao Livehouse, voodoo kungfu, ZIYO
loads of things happening in Beijing lately, even during the holidays:
- Made it to Folk Me fest at Mao Livehouse (map) yesterday. Line up included an “unknown” trio, The Redbucks, Hanggai and Buyi. I wish they stuck to the band rotation they list outside because it’s sometimes difficult to know who is who [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, Bad Apples, GAWTMY, Ginkgo, Jiang Jin Jiu Ba, Mao Livehouse, The Redbucks
It’s 11:00 p.m on a mild September Wednesday evening and I’m sipping on a white russian in a bricked building while listening to “man of constant sorrow” belted out by a the live band and looking looking at the dance floor where there’s some serious stomping action taking place. I hear the bartender’s voice with [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, bluegrass, live music, The Redbucks
Buford, the other one, Nigel St G …. so many nicknames, so much talent, and a musical acumen rivaling the best of them all. The man also known as Ian Sherman, who spent his last few years in Beijing bringing musical joy through his regular “Indie Night” and comic relief through a little known ‘zine [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, Beijing 人, Ian Sherman, live music
Welcome to my little collections of ramblings and comments about Beijing Live Music Scene, Chinese Restaurants in Beijing as well as any weird and quirky cultural ditties that i might come across!
