The nominees for the 17th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The nominated albums and songs have been selected from albums and songs released between December 1st 2019 and November 30th 2019 The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
Seoul-based showcase festival Zandari Festa consistently attracts both great Korean and international acts as well as other attendees, making it easy to catch up with old and new friends alike. As such, for the past couple of years has been one of the highlights of my annual Korea trips. So also this year. Zandari Thursday,… Continue reading
Last year I attended Korean showcase festival Zandari Festa for the first time. I’d been hesitating about going for weeks, but ended up having such a great time that this year I made sure to plan a trip to Korea in time for Zandari Festa 2016. As this was I had prepared a bit better,… Continue reading
Beginning of October 2015 I happened to be on vacation in Korea. I had already been there for a couple of weeks of vacation, meeting friends and going to various shows, without being able to make up my mind about whether or not I should go to Zandari Festa the last weekend before going back… Continue reading
On March 2nd always impressive rock act National Pigeon Unity released digital single Molotov Cocktail. In addition to a song with the same title, the single also includes a new recording of “눈동자”–a song first released on single in 2009 and also included on NPU’s first full-length album in 2010. Additionally the single comes with… Continue reading