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The Wretched Revelries of the Millennium: In Memory of the Best Party Time We Ever Had in Taiwan
It was the year 2000, and Taiwan’s police found themselves staring down at big, smiling faces.
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What Jazz and Taiwanese Hakka Folk Music Have in Common: Japanese Guitarist Ken Otake Talks About His Long-Term Collaboration with Lin Sheng Xiang
A performance with legendary Okinawan musician Takashi Hirayasu back in 2003 brought Ken Ohtake to Taiwan, later contributing to his long-term collaboration with folk musician Lin Sheng Xiang. Now most of his activities are in Taiwan.
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A Brief Introduction to Taiwan’s Music Awards: The Moment of Glory for Musicians
Golden Melody Awards is to Mandarin-speaking world as Grammy Awards is to English-speaking world. The annual awards ceremony reflects the growth of the music industry. Other than the Golden Melody Awards, there are also some long-running awards worth noticing. In this article, music industry professional Kuang-Ping Tso introduces the most important awards ceremonies and how they influence the music we listen to in Taiwan.
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Canadian Music Writer Joe Henley’s 12 Years Passion in Taiwanese Punk and Metal
The Canadian music writer Joe Henley came to Taiwan 12 years ago for no serious reason. Now he's been involved so deeply in the local underground music scene that he even wrote a Taiwanese punk novel Bu San Bu Si.