Taiwanese puppet master fights to save dying art
At 87 years old, Taiwanese glove puppeteer Chen Hsi-huang is the star of a new documentary which reflects his determination to revive the dying traditional craft and a late-life renaissance
At 87 years old, Taiwanese glove puppeteer Chen Hsi-huang is the star of a new documentary which reflects his determination to revive the dying traditional craft and a late-life renaissance
The choir has experimented with an acoustic accompaniment of stringed instruments and beatboxing to update its music.
Walking onstage to deliver a talk about folk music to an audience of students, singer and songwriter Joey Ayala overheard one of them whisper to another, “Buhay pa pala siya!”
Robinsons Place Manila (bounded by Padre Faura, Adriatico and Pedro Gil Streets) has no clubs with live gigs, but a few Sundays ago it featured a rare performance of three female singer-songwriters who have banded together for a side project called Tres Marias.
In the golden age of mariachi, thousands of music lovers would crowd into theaters and fancy restaurants or fill the Plaza Garibaldi in the heart of the capital just to hear their favorite tunes played on guitar and violin. On a recent evening in the same plaza, that golden age was a distant memory.
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