Music

English rockers Yuck make noise rock and shoegaze and have been compared to Dinosaur Jr., Pavement My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. They’re joined by indie rockers The Slow Readers Club, who draw on Interpol, The Killers and The National, for their cross-China tour. See them at Tango on April 13th.

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Nathan East has been a Yamaha artist for more than three decades and remains one of the world's most sought-after musicians. As a bassist, producer & songwriter, Nathan has collaborated with numerous top artists from Barry White and Kenny Loggins to Eric Clapton and Anita Baker. His Grammy Award winning steady groove and bass lines have provided the backdrop for a variety of mainstream Pop/Rock/R&B artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Elton John, Michael Buble, B.B. King, George Harrison, Whitney Houston, Barbara Streisand, Justin Timberlake, Daft Punk, Lionel Richie, Andrea Bocelli and TOTO to name a few. Nathan has also earned a reputation as one of the top Contemporary Jazz bassists for his collaborations with Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Natalie Cole, George Benson, David Benoit and his own supergroup Fourplay co-founded with Bob James, Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour in 1991. He co-wrote the #1 hit song "Easy Lover" with Phil Collins & Philip Bailey which earned him an MTV Award and Britain's most prestigious Ivor Novello Award.

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Dan Taylor, folk singer and front man of the psych folk group “The Harridans” has been playing about the Beijing music scene for the past couple of years. His solo gigs take a slightly more restrained attitude, focusing on the classical guitar and folk leanings of old England.

Cellist Heike Kagler has long walked the Beijing music beat, from high-art to the indie-strata. As much at ease in the royal Albert hall or in a hutong bar, Heike’s versatility has led her to perform with a multitude of artists playing various musical styles around town.

Dan & Heike present songs that draw on Celtic tradition and are infused with that poignancy and sadness so often found within the folk music of the British isles. This is a duo you don't want to miss! For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/50136

International punk rock act Electric Sewage takes the stage at Blue Stream for a free show. Hailing from the frozen wastelands of Siberia, Alex Sinchuck found his hands too cold to play guitar, and so migrated to warmer climates to learn to ways of love, surfing, and rock'n roll. His trail of broken hearts soon led to Beijing, heart of China, where he plays his guitar throughout the city where the name "Alex" will not soon be forgotten.

Chuck Cooper was born to a life of duality, half English and half American. Caught between the conflicts of two rival nations, he vowed to search the earth for a rhythm that would mend the rift between his two halves. His journey soon took him to the ancient land of drums and gongs, and within Beijing he captures every rhythm he can, in hopes that one of them will bring peace and unity to the Old World and the New.

Chris Saunders, born in Asia, a citizen of America, with heritage from the middle east and raised in Europe, has been called "the man from nowhere". They say he even now wanders the dark hutongs of Beijing, playing dice with strangers and playing music in the smoky bars of a city with a heart of metal. Together, they’re Electric Sewage.

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The La Morra duo is Corina Marti and Michal Condko. They appear at the Forbidden City Concert Hall to play the music of Petrus Wilhelmi De Grudencz. The medieval composer created ballads and motets in Central Europe in the 15th century. Enjoy a rare night of medieval music on April 20th.

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French harpist Xavier de Maistre is a master of his instrument and is in an elite group of world-class soloists. He performs at the Beijing Concert Hall on April 22nd, playing a program that includes Andalusian folk ballads and music by Debussy, Smetana and other classical masters.

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Indie singer/songwriter Alipu hails from Xinjiang. After fronting the band Bear Biscuit, he moved to Beijing, where he now works on “musical architecture” – pure, simple melodies that bring his emotions to his audience. See him at 69 Cafe on April 14th.

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MUTI is Rudi Botes and Tyron Naudé. Combining the classical influences with their already experimental rock sounds, they create a new soundscape that crosses various genres and with a cello and an acoustic guitar along with a variety of other instruments and collaboraters, the sound and is both enticing and intimate. A unique show that is exciting as well as memorable.

Andrew Little is a folk artist from Dallas, Texas, United States. Influenced by traditional Appalachian and also modern folk, his songwriting takes an introspective, emotionally cathartic approach to the genre. He composes his music alone and his songs typically feature only banjo or guitar, but he has also performed his music with full bands around Houston and Dallas, Texas.

Catch these artists at a free show at Blue Stream on April 14th. For more information, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/50320

Rocker Xiang Yipeng touches down at Jianghu during his multi-city China tour. The artist, a pioneer of the Chinese rock scene, recently released his newest album “We Are Here” and appears to play new rock music and improvised blues and jazz.

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Sounds of the Xity takes over Yugong Yishan on April 13th. If you are the one who prefers buying mixed nuts than a sack of peanuts, you will think this show is awesome. It will bring a direct shock to you and let you understand how abundant the music scenes have been in China : the coarse and psychedelic band WHAI, the fashion and colorful band Heat Mark, the restrained shoe-gazing band Default, possessing the feeling of melting in the mouth, Brickleberry and Hai Qing’s wild magic style.

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