Music

At the heart of Champagne Blossom is Lulu Galore and Ryan Hickey. Lulu, a professional dancer, choreographer, singer, co-produces a highly entertaining variety show with pianist and music director, Ryan Hickey. Both seasoned producers perform a variety of talent on stage and whether it’s the intimate setting of the duo, or their big band, Champagne Blossom transports audiences to an unforgettable show of sultry vocals, swinging piano, jazz dances, dueling ukuleles, light hearted comedy and coordinated costumes.

See them live Jianghu on April 25th. For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/51561

James is a singer, songwriter, poet and musician from Tasmania, Australia. He was born in Sydney and attended the prestigious private school Newington College, before moving to Tasmania to study ancient Greek and Latin literature and history at the University of Tasmania. Since then he has worked as a high school teacher, and is in the process of establishing Melody House music school in Tasmania.

He has performed his original music all over Australia at various bars, concert halls and private functions in a number of rock bands and as a solo artist. Primarily he is a singer and guitarist, but has experience playing bass guitar, piano, saxophone, drums and choral singing. He has recorded music with professional Australian producers, and in his own studio. He also makes his own music videos and advertising media.

For more information or tickets to his show at Blue Stream on April 27th, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/52276

Top talents in the world electronic scene hit Beijing for the Creamfields Music Festival from May 12th to 13th. See artists like Diplo, Martin Garrix, Sigma, Slander, Don Diablo and tons of other artists still to be announced at the Topwin Golf and Country Club.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://m.damai.cn/damai/perform/item.html?projectId=146096

Liu Shuang is an independent musician. He graduated from the Chinese People's Public Security University, and he always writes police school life and personal emotions in his folk music. See him live at Yue Space on June 2nd.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1owarCgD9UkiB823YZhbGg

The Joe Longardner Quartet brings you a tribute to jazz legend John Coltrane on April 28th. The Canton Project’s Joe Longardner plays saxophone and is joined by Italian pianist and composer Francesco Ori, bassist Ding Rui and Shu Junquan on drums.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/51772

The Chick Corea tribute band is Satoshi Kataoka, a guitarist, composer and arranger living in New York City, bassist Zhang Ke, and Antonio Fusco, one of the most important and original drummers of the European Jazz scene. See them live at Jianghu on April 27th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/51724

Gou Mao grew up in Taiwan, heavily influenced by mainland music. The rocker now appears at Jianghu with his backing band, an eclectic group of professional musicians and musical educators. See him on April 30th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/52445

Neo-bop jazz artist, vocalist and pianist Johnny O’Neal has played with a host of jazz greats, from Dizzy Gillespie to Ray Brown. See him with his jazz trio (Ben Reubens on bass and Itay Morchi on drums) at Blue Note Beijing on April 29th and 30th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/51338

Pianist Romain Collin appears at Blue Note Beijing with Luca Faraone on guitar and Tim Smith on drums. The artist blurs the boundaries between improvisation, sound design, indie rock and classical music and has left his stamp on his home of New York City and the wider musical world.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/50296

Hanggai was formed in 2004，they has travelled to over 40 countries and 6 continents around the world and played for audiences large and small in over 200 performances. Hanggai is the most recognized Chinese band on the international circuit today.

The internationally popular band Hanggai taps deeply into the roots of Mongolian folk music while blending it with contemporary styles of rock to produce a wholly original, otherworldly sound. Founded by a Beijing-based rocker Ilchi, the band draws its other six members from Mongolia and China. Together, they perform on a variety of traditional instruments—from the tobshuur (a two-stringed banjo) to morin khuur (“horse’s fiddle,” a symbol of Inner Mongolia)—alongside Western drum sets and electric guitars. All of the lyrics are sung in Mongolian, many using the distinctive vocal technique of two-tone throat singing. Layered with electric guitars riffs, programmed beats, and even banjos, these ancient songs and sounds become an exuberant concert performance unlike any other.

For more information or tickets to their April 26th show at Blue Note Beijing, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/50684