I’m fine haunting smoky livehouses, listening to loud dirty boogie rock n roll, getting down and dirty… but i also like me a beautiful day, sitting on the grass, soaking up the sun and picnicking the afternoon away while enjoying relaxed music and that is what makes the Ditan Folk Festivals one of my favorite [...]
Tags: buyi, Ditan Folk Festival, Ditan Folk Festival 2012, dolan, Lidong, mama funker, shanren, xiao he, Yerboli
Wah, I’m still recovering from last weekend, is it really time for Quickslants again? The year may be winding down, but there’s still no shortage of great gigs to check out this weekend. Here’s just a taste of what’s available. Thursday December 15th: Little Marbles @ Yugong Yishan Swedish indie-gypsy-pop meets American bluegrass, a strange, [...]
Tags: duck fight goose, Hanggai, jurat, kang mao, Lidong, little marbles, randy abel stable, shanren, Zhang Si An
Interesting weekend ahead as usual folks with a variety of sounds available to those seeking musical entertainment. Rockaid is going on pretty much all weekend. Shanren return to 2K and host of other goodies happening left and right. The Tiger beer battle of the band continues with sessions at Mako Livehouse and Mao Livehouse. Kamila [...]
Tags: Chunqiu, Ember Swift, Residence A, Rock Aid, Sambasia, shanren, xiao he
Ok.. no more jokes about yet another music festival but like it or not, there’s another one coming! Hanggai, the venerable folk rockers from inner Mongolia decided to organize their own festival.. why not? can’t be as badly organized as Strawberry and when the band is in charge, you know that musicians will at least [...]
Tags: hanggai festival, iz, Mamer, shanren, shunyi
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