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May 1, 2025

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Recommended Music Documentary of The Week: “The Last Repair Shop”

Recently made it onto the on-demand platform Disney+ is a portly but short 40-minute documentary. In a nondescript warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. The documentary — directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers — featured four unforgettable…

Review: Classic Chinese Opera Gets New Look

Before you think of this as a dull old show on a stage, get a new perspective! Classic Chinese opera is developing current trends in the best interest of today’s…

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A Day With Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s Kuala Lumpur event painted a compelling picture of AI’s influence. Stretching far beyond mere spreadsheets and managerial tasks, I wonder how it can help reclaime 100+ minutes a day, even when using your smartphone. The November 30th gathering at the EQ Hotel was a buzzing hive of anticipation. Just yards away from the iconic KLCC tower, I will be…

Khusugtun: Of Horses & Mongolia’s Robin Hood

The Mongolian culture has their lives so intertwined with horses that their key traditional instrument, the bowed, two-string morin khuur (or horsehead fiddle), is elaborately decorated with a carved horse’s…

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Relistening: The Larry Crowne Soundtrack

Larry Crowne is a 2011 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, directed by Hanks himself. The film tells the story of a middle-aged man who loses his…

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Music Review: Erino Yumiki & Nadir at The Bee, Publika

It is absolutely a cliché – but holds true in the music world – when we say music transcends all language barriers. So here’s another story of one that exemplifies this metaphor; one where Japan’s undeniably artful and futuristic funk guitar meets Malaysia’s Carnatic vocals,…

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