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Entertainment
Yoshiki to be 1st Japanese musician to receive ‘Hollywood’s rarest honor’ at TCL Chinese Theatre
Legendary Japanese musician YOSHIKI will be “immortalized in cement” at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Making history: YOSHIKI, who...
Isa Peralta
Education
Late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to be honored in free online series from UMass
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Fine Arts Center is honoring the late legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto with a fr...
Bryan Ke
Fil-Am musician AJ Rafael announces ‘The Take Me Back Tour’ after 9-year hiatus
It has been almost a decade since Filipino American singer-songwriter and entertainment pioneer AJ Rafael declared an indefinite hiatus from...
Richie Traktivist
Uncategorized
Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer for ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’ and ‘The Last Emperor,’ dies at 71
Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died at the age of 71. On Tuesday, Sakamoto’s management team announced in a statement that the award...
Simu Liu reveals he is working to be a musician: ‘People can have career changes’
Simu Liu recently revealed that he is continuing his pursuit of his lifelong dream to be a musician. On Sunday, Liu, 33, spoke about his dec...
News
First Chinese Pianist to Become World Famous Passes Away at 86 from COVID-19
Fou Ts’ong, a world-renownedv Chinese pianist, has passed away at the age of 86 after contracting COVID-19. The Chinese-born British m...
Carl Samson
Struggling Koreatown Photo Shop Becomes Instant Hit After Visit From Kacey Musgraves
Fans of Kacey Musgraves have been flocking to a small photo shop run by a Vietnamese immigrant in Koreatown in Los Angeles. Tom’s One Hour P...
Ryan General
Interviews
The Khmer Rouge Brought Pain and Suffering to Her Family, Now She’s Using Music to Tell Their Story
Music, as it has long been said, is truly a universal language. For Asian American artist Satica, music has provided a chance to heal her so...
Music
Filipino Guitarist Plays Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Using Chopsticks
A Filipino guitarist from Calamba, a city in Laguna, is gaining fame online for his cover of Queen’s masterpiece “Bohemian Rhapsody” involvi...
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