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Album Review: Kyu Won – 두 번의 겨울이 만든 이야기 – 1st jib

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by Saharial on 15 February, 2010

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Saharial reviews Kyu Won’s first album, released by Open Music on January 7th 2010
I bought this album simply on a whim. Maybe it was the cute artwork or perhaps it was the lure of an artist that wrote, sang and performed all his own work that was the lure. At least, that’s what I think [...]

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True to Younee

27 October 2009 CD reviews
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“It’s not my kind of thing. Why don’t you have a listen?” So said a well-connected jazz buff to me a couple of months ago. He happened to have a promotional copy of Younee’s debut Western album. “She’s coming to London later this year to do some gigs at Pizza Express.” I was happy to [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-08-17

17 August 2009 BoA
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Great Daily Mail piece on the two Korean American journalists recently released by North Korea: http://bit.ly/13N7xN #
RT @kcna_dprk kcna-online-tv: about the real life in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea http://tinyurl.com/mtztrc #
Tonite's Goldsmiths gig: if I'd been playing Beethoven in a bin bag on such a sultry evening, I'd have been stressed too http://bit.ly/jyQ9i #
Unsuk [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-08-03

3 August 2009 Beauty
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Just heard the Kingston Korean Festival is happening on 15 Aug. Trying to get confirmation. #
Listening to the memorial album for President Roh. Just arrived from Mr Kwang. Nice mellow music. #
Never thought I would enjoy listening to gugak fusion. But actually Ccotbyel playing haegeum isn’t bad. #
Yup, a couple of independent sources confirm the [...]

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Tomi Kita – In Dreamz

4 June 2009 CD reviews
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Review by Saharial
Tomi Kita: In Dreamz
Pony Canyon Records, 2008

Having seen them perform at ‘The Peel’ and the Dano festival last year I succumbed to the temptation of buying the one album available at Yesasia.com. ‘In Dreamz’, released in February 2008, is Tomi Kita’s third album and consists of 14 tracks all composed and written by [...]

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Kim Kwang Seok – a folk singer still much loved today

12 January 2009 CD reviews
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LKL’s K-pop correspondent enthuses about a popular singer from the 1980s and 1990s

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Kim Yoon Ah #2: Glass Mask

5 January 2009 CD reviews
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A review of an excellent album by the lead vocalist from Jaurim

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Philip

21 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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The last of a series in which regular and guest LKL contributors nominate their CD releases of the year.

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Mark Russell

16 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Mark Russell from Korea Pop Wars and Korea Gig Guide presents his pick of 2008’s CDs

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Anna Lindgren

12 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Anna Lindgren from Indieful ROK provides her list of the top Korean albums of 2008

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Saharial

5 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Saharial presents her choices of 2008’s finest Korean albums. And they’re not all by Shinhwa.

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Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ) #4: Mirotic

30 October 2008 CD reviews
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(SM Entertainment, September 2008)

Review by Jo Wakely
After one year and seven months TVXQ’s eagerly awaited 4th Korean album is finally here. The release date was put back by two days because of pre-sales in the region of 330,000. How SME failed to realise that there would be a rush on this long-awaited album is [...]

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Lee Soo Young: Eighth album

12 October 2008 CD reviews
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(Manine Media, 2007)

There’s something reassuring about a Lee Soo Young album. You try to explore different genres of music, some of which may be exciting and original, and others may be frankly rather tiresome. And then you come to Lee Soo Young and it’s like returning home. It’s a bit like comfort food. It doesn’t [...]

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Rollercoaster #5: Triangle

4 August 2008 CD reviews
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T-Entertainment, March 2006

Rollercoaster’s fifth album was released in 2006, after a gap of 2 years since the almost flawless fourth. Gone is the sense of rhythmic drive, of energy, of joie de vivre. Instead we have something a bit more laid back, less characterful. I had been warned that the fifth album was a disappointment [...]

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Alex: My Vintage Romance

2 August 2008 CD reviews
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Fluxus Music, June 2008

As a fan of Clazziquai, I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the first solo outing of one of its members, the male vocalist Alex. On the plus side, he has a mellow, well-controlled voice, very pleasant to listen to. And he has a reasonably distinguished line-up of guest stars. And [...]

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