Pineapple, lemon, coriander, chilli – WHAT UP KUNMING. The southern leg of the tour begins, as we fly from Chongqing to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan. Big ups to South Acid MiMi Dance Team, stay tuned for the NUNUDUGU video with Lady Lazer Light!!
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Jack Body in China: Interview with NZTrio and Gao Ping
To celebrate and share the works of the late, great New Zealand composer Jack Body, the NZ Consulate-General in Chengdu and long-time friend, composer and pianist Gao Ping 高平 invited the NZTrio to perform at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music this month. Kiwese attended a press conference (oooh) with Gao Ping and the lovely folk from NZTrio: Ashley Brown (cello), Justine Cormack (violin) and SarahContinueContinue reading “Jack Body in China: Interview with NZTrio and Gao Ping”
One night at MAO Livehouse Kunming
Kunming. The south-western provincial capital of Yunnan, China’s very own Shangri-La of tourism. Images that spring to mind are probably not whiskey-swigging, tattoo-covered electro-pop divas. Having far exceeded one’s tolerance levels for crap pop music and ‘Xiao Ping Guo,’ Kiwese was excited to check out local bands Strange Days and South Acid MiMi Dance Team at the latest addition to the MAO Livehouse empire. Generally considered as aContinueContinue reading “One night at MAO Livehouse Kunming”
High Times with Shanren
Back in January, Kiwese hung out with the boys from Shanren 山人 (mountain men) in Beijing to chat about ethnic music fusions, tourism development in Yunnan and their upcoming trip to New Zealand for WOMAD. Shanren are a band from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the south-west of China, where the mountains are tall and majestic, theContinueContinue reading “High Times with Shanren”
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