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Sun, January 17, 2021 | 03:36
[INTERVIEW] Gugak seeks breakthrough with launch of music archive
[INTERVIEW] Gugak seeks breakthrough with launch of music archive
Listening to “gugak,” or traditional Korean music, may not be familiar even to many Koreans. Since the influx of Western music after the 1950-53 Korean War, globally popular music has been enjoyed in mainstream culture while the traditional genre has only been consumed among a very small group of people.
Park Ji-won | 2021-01-14 16:27
Live music venues going out of business one after another amid COVID-19 pandemic
Live music venues going out of business one after another amid COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of numerous live music venues for performing artists, but its impact has been particularly tough for indie musicians centered around Hongik University in western Seoul, also known as Hongdae, once considered the center of Korea's independent music scene.
Park Ji-won | 2021-01-09 09:12
Grammy Awards postponed to March due to pandemic
Grammy Awards postponed to March due to pandemic
The 63rd Grammy Awards has been postponed to Mar. 14 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to its organizer The Recording Academy Tuesday (local time).
Dong Sun-hwa | 2021-01-06 14:16
Leslie West, guitarist of rock band Mountain, has died at 75
Leslie West, guitarist of rock band Mountain, has died at 75
Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several '70s rock anthems including ``Mississippi Queen'' with the popular band Mountain, has died. He was 75.His spokesman Steve Karas said West died Wednesday in Palm Coast, Florida. Karas said West died from cardiac arrest after being rushed to the hospital.
2020-12-25 15:42
Paul McCartney urges vaccine take-up as new album released
Paul McCartney urges vaccine take-up as new album released
British pop legend Paul McCartney on Friday urged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, as he celebrated the release of a new solo album crafted during this year's lockdown.
2020-12-21 05:48
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to live stream Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to live stream Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) will perform Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 at Lotte Concert Hall to mark the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth, Sunday. The concert will be live streamed.
Park Ji-won | 2020-12-20 14:43
[INTERVIEW] Korean American composer transforms daily life into music
[INTERVIEW] Korean American composer transforms daily life into music
A fractal is a mathematical concept referring to a feedback loop pattern that repeats a replication process indefinitely. This kind of self-similar pattern can be seen in many things. For example, the Eiffel Tower has a fractal-esque structure and many examples of approximate fractal structures can be found in nature, for example in fernbrake - a key ingredient in well-known ...
Park Ji-won | 2020-12-15 15:09
Top 10 news in music: K-pop, trot are not mutually exclusive
Top 10 news in music: K-pop, trot are not mutually exclusive
The year 2020 saw a rare phenomenon in Korea's music industry: It was the year of mutual gains for trot and K-pop, defying the long-held belief that musicians of the two drastically different genres are inevitably pitted against each other over popularity.
2020-12-14 08:43
Beatles survivors McCartney and Ringo still making music
Beatles survivors McCartney and Ringo still making music
Forty years after John Lennon died at the hands of an evangelical Christian assassin, surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still making music, now on their own. Sir Paul may be 78 years old but he is bringing out his 18th solo album "McCartney III" on December 18.
2020-12-06 15:37
Music streaming service Melon under fire for categorizing BTS as J-pop
Music streaming service Melon under fire for categorizing BTS as J-pop
Melon, the nation's leading music streaming service run by Kakao, has come under fire for categorizing K-pop sensation BTS as J-pop. The firm changed the category and listed BTS as simply a pop group, but fans have continued to criticize the platform for the misstep.
Park Ji-won | 2020-12-03 09:13
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