With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...
A new album combines Appalachian music with Chinese folk music. Young people can't get enough. From China to Appalachia: An unlikely musical fusion that's got young people hooked Some combinations ...
Starting with rustic folk music from the Qing Dynasty, the Jade Chinese Music Ensemble took its audience on a journey through time and space at Logan Performance Hall in early May. The Jade Chinese ...
Lao Dan’s Bandcamp page offers three descriptions of his music: “free improvisation, Chinese New Folk music, Modern pioneer music.” The first two are accurate, and though I don’t know what he means by ...
A member of Nanjing University's traditional instrument orchestra from China plays bamboo flute during a flash mob performance of Chinese folk music at Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Türkiye, April 22, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - For dancers with the Chinese Folk Dance Association (CDFA), every movement is about connecting to culture and heritage. "Each dance has a story to tell, a story that follows it with ...
The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...
Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. This meshing of two old forms of music is attracting young ...