Addictive Rec. Miwa Gemini : This is how I found you (US,2008)***' While the lyrics are more personalised expressions of thoughts compared to the more direct style approach to the public, some of the songs become slightly sad while rocking. The production and sound balance is perfect, with simple amplified guitar leading, with finishing touches of piano, while the drums gently are rocking along, or, whenever the singer brings out the rockier aspect to focus with more emotio

Polkadot Rec. Kinzli : Going Just To Be Going (KO/US/UK,2007)***° -When I was 12 my parentsq adopted a South Korean girl of 8 who had lived on a garbage belt for some years and later had spent another period in orphan houses, she now had to become my sister. When I look back on her life until she went her separate ways, I have to conclude that she never was able to adapt herself into the kind of over-organized life she was given, where there was nothing to give her a real id

The album cover is highly misleading, because the Korean zither is hardly if ever heard on the album. The album is composed jazz with some Korean traditional folk elements, most often in a relaxed, most secure almost feminine way of composing. The most unique part is the cello improvisation on the traditional Korean 'arirang' melody, which interpreted in a couple ways. In the first track it turned into traditional jazz and cello improvisation melodic-wise and with jazz rhythm

This is a full CD with music by the chulhyungeum. This instrument is an iron-stringed zither designed by Kim Yeong-cheol in the 40s. That master made the instrument after having played a guitar like the Korean zither, geomungo developing it to an expressive instrument which could express itself with a range of various Korean instruments like the geomungo, gayageum, ajaeng etc. It is played by a plectrum and a pick on the left hand with possible techniques like vibration, glid

A track can be found on 가요(歌謠) 박물관 Music Museum: 220 Best CD3-5 아까시아에 보슬비 나리던 밤 / A bright night on the Acacia Trees (1958) -(trot style)- #Y #L #trot

CD1, the 50s, an early achieved freedom in expression... In the 50s musically there was no restriction, and the music very much was flourishing and developing, using the elements developed under Japanese education, restriction and adaptation, using a certain westernisation, a context of ballroom music, adapting elements of a creative new folklore song style, with at it’s weirdest an operette-like folklore vibrato in the voice, that can have a schlager-like association. Elsewh

"A Picnic with C'est Si Bon Friends" “C’est Si Bon” is the name of a music cafe that was located in Myeong. Its members played a key role in introducing Korean pop music to the country. During the 80s were able to survive some groups and performers in the folk area, with certain honesty and with little acoustic arrangements, still allowed the stage song business, with full orchestras, they still showed a few very powerful voices in this area. The new folk singers weren’t as t

This is a rather good compilation of the somewhat more by American/English standards influenced folk & folk-rock singer-songwriter scene, of which the CD features mostly classic tracks from the 70s, which was the most successful period, and the second CD the 80s. CD1: 1. Lee, Jang-Hee, 2. Yoon, Hyung-Ju, 3. Kim, Se-Hwan, 4. Song, Chang-Sik, 5. Lee, Yun-Sil 6. Yoon, Hyung-Ju, 7. Eo, Eun-Kyeong, 8. Lee, Jang-Hee, 9. Yoon, Hyung-Ju & Eo, Eun-Kyeong, 10. Song, Chang-Sik, 11. Lee,

This compilation mostly focuses on the Group Sound created with MBC, which I think must at least have been heavily involved in podium festivals perhaps in cooperation with television and such. Several Campus albums came forth from that too, of which several of such compilations must have been used to compile this double CD too. You can notice a few different approaches. Some people involved clearly come from the folk area and use mainly acoustic guitar and simple delicate fol

Most of the album is somewhat disappointing for me, for its easy mainstream use of rhythms and schlager-like pop songs, song festival-pop like at times with some kitschy approaches. The few fuzz guitar parts and organ can’t compensate enough, for collectors this 60s pop album is not rewarding enough. I chose only one song that stands out. #KoreanPop #VA