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Dear Readers,
We've kicked off our series of teaser blogs in anticipation of the release of our Music Issue, which has just landed on our desks fresh from the printer! We'll have a lot more from the magazine over the next week, including three full articles and PDF previews. In the meantime, check out some of the fantastic online content below that supplements the issue, including exclusive interviews, sound clips and videos.
If you're based outside of Beijing or Shanghai and can't pick up a copy directly, please visit our store to make sure you have a copy or a subscription - we deliver across China and worldwide!
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A sneak peek preview including sounds and video clips of a handful of the street musicians we tracked down, interviewed and recorded for our cover story, including Beijing-based balladeer Ge Feng and his sometime musical partner Wang Tao, as well as folk musician Wang Gengtian and classical violinist Chen Cong, who escaped Cultural Revolution China to ply his trade on the New York subway.
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We interview Jonathan Campbell, who spent 10 years immersed in the Chinese music scene, working with rock, metal, folk and classical acts, organizing gigs and managing overseas tours, before writing his debut novel "Red Rock: The Long, Strange March of Chinese Rock & Roll," a fascinating look at the emergence and development of Chinese rock and roll, or yaogun (摇滚, yáogǔn).
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In another of our Music Issue features, we uncover why red songs made popular during the Cultural Revolution have maintained an enduring appeal, which continues to instill Chinese park goers with an irrepressible urge to sing their hearts out. Here we offer a video accompaniment to the article, including the Mao-quote inspired "If You Don't Strike Out, It Will Never Fall Down" and various reworkings of other classics such as "I Produce Oil for My Motherland." |
Maybe you've heard of bamboo flutes and rain sticks, but the kouxian (口弦) is something else again. With a sound akin to a twangy version of synthpop, this southwestern Chinese instrument is likely to leave your head cocked and your jaw agape. It is a jaw harp, after all. Check out this video of a Pumi ethnic minority performance of the kouxian, or pick up a copy of the Music Issue for more. Read More... |
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