The nominees for the 16th 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 2017 and November 30th 20178 The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
The winners of the 15th Korean Music Awards will be announced at a ceremony next week. In preparation, I’ve been looking into the nominees for the main categories starting with Album and Song of the Year respectively. Today it’s time to learn more about the nominees for Artist of the Year. Kim Mokin Kim Mokin… Continue reading
The nominees for the 15th Korean Music Awards were announced last week. Yesterday I had a closer look at the albums nominated for Album of the Year. Today it’s time for an introduction to all songs nominated for Song of the Year. Red Velvet – 빨간 맛 (Red Flavor) Girl group Red Velvet released summer… Continue reading
The nominees for the 15th Korean Music Awards were announced last week. Here’s an introduction to all albums nominated for Album of the Year. Kang Taegu – bleu Folk musician Kang Taegu has been active since 2011 and put out his first release–a split album with Arles–in 2013. Although Kang Taegu’s name remained unknown to… Continue reading
The nominees for the 15th 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 2016 and November 30th 2017. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
A few weeks into 2018 Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the top 100 charts for 2017. While the idol side of Korean music is still what is more popular internationally, going through all of the charts I found much more diversity than I’ve registered in previous years. Gaon Korean Album Chart Given the emphasis… Continue reading
Modern Sky‘s series of Strawberry Music Festival are soon to start all across China. This year the headlining acts are The Prodigy, Disclosure, and Modestep. Amidst a strong line-up of Chinese bands there are also four acts coming over from Korea: Apollo 18, Hyukoh, Rock’N’Roll Radio, and idol girl group EXID.
The Beijing edition takes place between April 30-May 2 with Apollo 18 and EXID playing on the Saturday, Rock’N’Roll Radio on the Sunday, and Hyukoh playing the Monday.
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Modern Sky‘s series of Strawberry Music Festival are soon to start all across China. This year the headlining acts are The Prodigy, Disclosure, and Modestep. Amidst a strong line-up of Chinese bands there are also four acts coming over from Korea: Apollo 18, Hyukoh, Rock’N’Roll Radio, and idol girl group EXID.
The Shanghai edition takes place between April 30-May 2 with Hyukoh and EXID playing on the Saturday while Apollo 18 and Rock’N’Roll Radio playing the Monday.
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Today, February 29th, the winners of the 13th Korean Music Awards were announced. EBS Space 공감 had a livestream for the event and a 2h special of the awards ceremony will be broadcast midnight between March 7-8. Album of the Year: E SENS – The Anectode Song of the Year: BIGBANG – “Bae Bae”… Continue reading
After a month of KMA focus here on Indieful ROK, it’s finally become time for my to share my own predictions. Lots of great albums and songs nominated this year, but then 2015 was also a really strong year for Korean music in general. Album of the Year Although my own Album of the Year… Continue reading