Dick Lee Brews More Fizzy Pop
SINGAPORE'S Peter Pan of pop music is in the process of reinventing himself.
As a singer songwriter Dick Lee has thrown his entire being into a career that has spanned...
Fan Power And The Rise Of Super Bands
IN the era before social media, a British quartet with spelling issues ruled the music world. Wherever the Beatles performed, they were met with hordes of screaming fans —...
More To Zubir Said Than The National Anthem
THE musical Don’t Call Him Mr. Mari Kita captures in songs and anecdotes the history behind many of the forgotten songs of the self-taught composer, Zubir Said.
Julian Wong’s historical perspective of...
Aru Reflects The Mood Of Tokyo
STUCK in his apartment in Tokyo due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, composer and producer Shintaro Haioka resorted to making music.
Longing for a return to normalcy, he tapped into...
Ramli Sarip Plays It Cool With New Album RASA
IT'S a tricky job straddling worlds.
With one foot rooted in the world of rock music, Ramli Sarip has his other stepping into the Nusantara realm of Eastern mysticism, with...
Sharp Sounds
THE Sharp brand is known for developing many products in more than a century of doing business.
From its mechanical pencils, which started the brand, to radios, televisions, air purifiers,...
Ramli Sarip And His Creative Process
WITH a long history in the music industry, Datuk Ramli Sarip has journeyed from playing at void deck weddings to selling out concert venues and singing his country's...
Live Jazz Swings Back Into Action
THE roots of modern jazz were founded on chamber music. The smoky dives and jazz clubs of New Orleans and Manhattan were locales where this genre was spawned and...
Norway’s Doorway To Snore Away
THERE are as many reasons as there are sheep jumping through our minds to not have a decent night’s sleep.
But instead of testing the integrity of the springs in...
Survival Of Singapore’s Night Scene
Get behind the scenes of operating a night club in Singapore to understand what's at stake.
This WED WEB CHAT — Dark Is The Night Scene talks to Dennis Foo,a Singapore...