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Valentina Ploy sign to Warner Music. Music Press Asia

Warner Music Signs What The Duck Artist Valentina Ploy

Warner Music Asia has recently announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Thailand’s premier independent record company What the Duck by signing Valentina Ploy. According to its press release, the deal will see Warner add the established Bangkok-based star to its roster. This means that both labels will collaborate to promote Valentina’s music and strengthen her domestic fan base. Valentina Ploy is a singer-songwriter of mixed Italian and Thai parents who was born and raised in Italy. She first captured the public’s attention when she became a runner-up…

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Hong Kong Hymn Society. Music Press Asia
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A Hymn Lecture on the rise of the Oxford Movement

The rise of the Oxford Movement in England and the Westward Movement in the United States in the 19th century brought countless colorful hymns to the church. Among them, the Kentucky Harmony and the Sacred Harp are the representatives of the poetry collection, and some shape notes are created for the congregation to sing. Dr. Xie Linfanglan is a well-known…

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Ogden Morrow’s ‘80s Dance Party Playlist

We Can Dance If We Want To I cannot believe I’m about to satisfy my utmost obsession for the ‘80s right here at Music Press Asia. When I first suggested to its editors that I was about to curate the ideal party music, my mind drifted to a fictional character from Ernest Cline’s incredibly contemporary book ‘Ready Player One’. Ogden…

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Easter Weekend playlist w Monica Tong. Music Press Asia
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Classical Easter Music Selection: Editor’s Choice 2022

The religious festival to celebrate Easter marks a real dichotomy between joy and grief, life and death, beginnings and endings. The Easter narrative has been commemorated in some of the greatest classical works of all time. From immortalising the ecclesiastical weight of the crucifixion, the passion of the resurrection, to the jubilation of the vernal equinox — discover our selection…

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Jen Kwok collaborate with Sesame Street. Image credit: Amy Nghe. Music Press Asia

Jen Kwok, on representing the Asian diaspora in New York

Jen Kwok is a Chinese-American writer and performer from Southern California who is currently based in NY’s Hudson Valley. Armed with a velvety voice and razor-sharp wit, Jen combines music and comedy to create a refreshing spin on the hidden depths of our inner lives. Most recently, Jen composed the song, “See Us Coming Together”, for Sesame Street and the…

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Tabla player Kousic Sen Artist in residence Milap. Music Press Asia

How Do We Keep Indian Rhythms Alive?

The rich language of the tabla has always been an introspective expression of the Hindustani classical music sector. Most prevalently exported from the Indian subcontinent, this pair of twin hand drums continue to make remarkably sensual vibrations that touch the heart. Kousic Sen takes his art seriously. As a tabla player, his consistency in articulating this indigenous instrument has garnered…

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Aditya Gumay Release New Musical Comedy Drama. Music Press Asia

Bus Om Bebek: Released as a Musical Comedy Drama

Bus Om Bebek is a 2022 musical comedy-drama genre film directed by Aditya Gumay and Ouzan Ruz. Released earlier this year (2022) in Indonesia by Smaradana Pro production house, it consists of six soundtracks, with one of the tracks being sung by Ria Ricis. Produced by Ruben Onsu and starred by Aziz Gagap, Sarwendah, Zara Leola and Adhiyat, Bus Om…

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Quincy Jones documentary by Netflix. Music Press Asia
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Top 8 Music Films & Documentaries To Watch 2022

Sheryl Sheryl Crow has seen it all. In terms of music industry highs and lows, she epitomizes the huge personality that began from the gut-wrenching songs she writes. Spilling her guts about it all for the camera, documentarian Amy Scott lets Crow lead us through decades worth of hits and misses, triumph and trauma, health and sickness. In all earnestness,…

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New Regency Orchestra to perform at La Linea 2022. Music Press Asia
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New Regency Orchestra Returns To La Linea London’s Latin Music Festival

La Linea will feature artists from across the eclectic and thriving Latin music scene in venues across the UK capital from 21 April to 2 May. London’s Latin Music Festival — La Linea — will return this spring featuring New Regency Orchestra (NRO), a twenty-piece big band, as its festival finale program on 2 May at Hackney’s Earth Hall. NRO…

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Shanghai Opera House Hongkong Arts Festival1. Music Press Asia
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Shanghai Opera House To Host 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival Finale Online

For another two more weeks (until 23 April), you can join a global audience to celebrate the Festival Finale with this opera double bill. “Verismo”, which replaced high-flown heroes and ancient myths with stories of ordinary people experiencing life-changing emotions, took 19th-century Europe by storm, producing work that still sweeps audiences off their feet today with its raw passion, colourful…

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