“Two Dreamers”, Kenneth Takanami (FKA Exitpost)’s most recent album release, is a fascinating exploration of cultural discord and the Asian-American experience...
Youth for Tsai, an all-volunteer youth campaign recently formed by a group of university students hoping to take action to protect Taiwan amidst the growing influence from China on interfering with Taiwan domestic politics, was present in numbers at the 2019 Presidential Office Concert on Saturday. Their actions and the concert itself are indicative of progressive politics for Taiwanese young people today...
The gender politics and ethnic minority identity of pop diva A-mei, also known as Amit, Kulilay Amit, or Chang Hui-mei, prove worth examining. We might look at the series of developments which led her to embrace indigenous identity in music ...
In the 1930s, Taiwan had a lively, energetic, and plentiful record industry. But this history has been forgotten with the destruction and fragmentation of historical materials by the KMT...
A recent police raid in Hong Kong on the live house Hidden Agenda have provoked anger in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other parts of the Sinophone world. But it should also raise important parallels for music and arts venues struggling to survive under conditions of rising rents, gentrification, and targeting by politicians...