Category Archives: East Asia

The Uighur Dolan Maqam called the Chinese Desert Jazz!

Text and photos by Jeff Greene

Late last year, there was an article on the front page of The NY Times about the planned demolition of large sections of the ancient silk road city, Kashgar, in western China.  I decided I should go before it was gone.  An Uzbek friend had invited me to his arranged wedding in Samarkand, and I figured that was all the excuse I needed to go to Central Asia.

Dolan geycheks

 

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Rage Against the Machine or Anarchy in the PRC….. But Remember a Quiet Revolution Is the Best!

 

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – “Chinese Rocks” ?????????

Text by Sean Hockings

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Hong Kong Garden…indie music grown in the Far East!!

 

Text by Sean Hockings

For those who know Hong Kong it has always been more of a movie town than a music town and live music tolerated to a degree by the authorities and ignored by the masses is confined to a small number of venues in the city.

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