30 April 2007
CD reviews
(Released February 2007)
Every now and then in my somewhat random purchases of Korean pop music I hit upon a gem. By the law of averages, every now and then I have to come across a dud. This is one of them.
I’ve started investigating Trot, and perversely thought I’d start with its latest reincarnation and work [...]
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21 February 2007
Jang Yoon-jeong
To be perfectly accurate, I don’t think Trot ever really went away. Rather, like many trends in popular culture, its fanbase was getting older and there would come a point when no-one was listening to it any more. But when Trot compilations are selling millions through street vendors (see chapter 7 of Keith Howard’s book), [...]
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