Friday Song: Beijing OG Nasty Ray
Todayโs Friday Song comes to you from Beijing OG Nasty Ray, well known in hip-hop circles in China. In the above track Nasty Ray outlines...
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Friday Song: โBeneath the Cherry Blossom Treeโ โ the first love that never blooms
Spring is slowly impressing its touch into the earth. As a native Cantonese, I have a springtime ritual โ listening to Hins Cheungโs ๅผ ๆฌ่ฝฉ โBeneath...
Friday Song: โSecond Farewell to Cambridge,โ Xu Zhimoโs poem that inspired multiple songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tds8iCBpwF4 April marks National Poetry Month, and we’re running aย series of articlesย to celebrate it. โSecond Farewell to Cambridgeโ (ๅๅซๅบทๆกฅ zร ibiรฉ kฤngqiรกo) is a Mandopop song...
Friday Song: โWishing We Would Last Foreverโ and Su Shi
โWishing We Would Last Foreverโ (ไฝๆฟไบบ้ฟไน dร nyuร nrรฉnchรกngjiว) is a Mandarin pop ballad sung by Chinese singer-songwriter/actress Faye Wong. Released on July 1, 1995, in her album The Decadent Sounds of Faye (่ฒ้ก้กไน้ณ fฤimรญmรญzhฤซyฤซn), the song was composed by Taiwanese musician/author Vincent Liang ๆขๅผๅฟ and arranged by Malaysian music arranger Alex San ่พไผๅ, with lyrics derived from a well-known poem, โWater Melodyโ (ๆฐด่ฐๆญๅคด Shuวdiร o Gฤtรณu), by Su Shi ่่ฝผ.
Friday Song: Erguna Band, the Inner Mongolian folk band that went mainstream
In the summer of 2001, four young college students from Inner Mongolia spontaneously formed a band and named themselves after the great Ergune (or Argun)...
Friday Song: Chyi Yu’s ‘The Olive Tree,’ which channels songwriter San Mao’s spirit of freedom
A few weeks ago, I recommended Chyi Chinโs โThe Outside World.โ Todayโs song is a 1979 hit by Chyi’s elder sister, Chyi Yu ้ฝ่ฑซ: โThe...
Friday Song: Su Zixu’s ‘Bare With Me,’ written between English pubs
Sลซ Zวxรน ่็ดซๆญ started his performing career hopping between bars in Nanjing, and later Beijing, where he continued this trend. As his style developed, strong...
Friday Song: Kangding (poetry x music version)
We’re music enthusiasts here at The China Project, from Kaiser’s former life as a head-bangerย to Jeremy lending his vocals to this groovy electronic demoย (despite being...
Friday Song: โLovebirdโ and Lay Zhangโs path to international stardom
American hip-hop and electronic music group Far East Movement and Chinese pop star Lay Zhang ๅผ ่บๅ ด collaborated on โLovebird,โ a single released yesterday to much...