Coming up at Cafe Oto in May: Jessica Hyunjin Kim X Li Yilei £10 | £8 Advance | £6 Members | Buy tickets Thursday 2 May 2019, 7.30pm Cafe OTO | 18–22 Ashwin Street | Dalston | London E8 3DL | www.cafeoto.co.uk Great double-header from London-based artists Jessica Hyunjin Kim and Li Yilei. Jessica Hyunjin … [Read More]
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Drinking Boys & Girls Choir play the Windmill Brixton
Having been supporting Say Sue Me and Otoboke Beaver on their UK, Daegu’s Drinking Boys and Girls Choir get their first UK headline gig. You can find their album Keep Drinking on iTunes, Spotify and elsewhere. Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, Ghost Car + more Monday 6 May 2019, 8:00 pm £5.50adv (more on the … [Read More]
Korean bands at Liverpool Sound City
The Liverpool Sound City website is, less than two weeks before the event, a bit light on detail as to the Korean bands attending and exact timing of the gigs. However, based on hearsay, some Facebook posts, a tweet from a record label and creatively joining the dots, the following bands (at least) should be … [Read More]
Korean bands at The Great Escape 2019
Brighton’s The Great Escape has now announced the detailed schedule for the 2019 Festival, and if you want to catch four Korean bands at once your best bet is Patterns Upstairs during the day on Saturday 11 May. But there are other appearances too. Here are the details of the four Korean and one UK/ROK … [Read More]
BTS tops the UK album charts
BTS is the first Korean band to top the UK album charts, according to the Official Charts Company. Their new EP, Map of The Soul: Persona, released on 12 April, came straight in at number 1, while its lead single Boy With Luv (ft Halsey) narrowly missed a top 10 entry, coming in at number … [Read More]
LKL chats with Tiffany Kwok, organiser of the Easter K-pop party at Scala
LKL doesn’t generally post articles about the plethora of all-night K-pop parties that seem to be a regular feature of the London calendar nowadays – and increasingly in other cities too. Why? Well, it’s partly because there are so many of them (we have limited writing hours in the evening and limited storage space at … [Read More]
KCC April House Concert: Joon Yoon + Ben Tarlton
The KCC’s third House Concert of the year features pianist Joon Yoon: Joon Yoon (Piano), Ben Tarlton (Cello) Tuesday 23 April 2019, 7:00 pm @KCCUK Admission free but Advanced Booking is required Programme Schumann Drei Fantasiestücke (Three Fantasy Pieces) I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Tender and with expression) II. Lebhaft, leicht (Lively, light) III. Rasch … [Read More]
SF9 plays the Shepherds Bush Empire
Billboard’s 2019 K-pop breakout pick, SF9, announces 2019 SF9 USA • EUROPE LIVE TOUR “UNLIMITED” with 10 dates in the United States of America and Europe in support of their comeback album NARCISSUS released on February 20th. 2019 SF9 USA • EUROPE LIVE TOUR “UNLIMITED” was made possible thanks to the overwhelming demand on fan-initiated … [Read More]
Yeol Eum Son plays Mozart at King’s Place + pre-concert talk
Coming up this Friday: Aurora Orchestra with Yeol Eum Son: Dark with Excessive Bright Date & time: Fri 5 Apr – 7pm Hall One | Kings Place | 90 York Way | London N1 9AGe Tickets £49.50-£29.50 + £3 booking fee | Book tickets Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 WA … [Read More]
2019 K-Music showcase @Rich Mix
The KCC brings us the annual K-music showcase, bringing together some of the bands who have come to the UK for the May festivals. 2019 K-Music showcase Tuesday 7 May, 7.30pm Rich Mix | 35-47 Bethnal Green Road | London E1 6LA | richmix.org.uk £9.50 | Buy tickets Discover Korea’s urban music live in London. … [Read More]
Say Sue Me + Drinking Boys and Girls Choir UK tour w/ Otoboke Beaver
Busan’s Say Sue Me are returning for another UK tour, joining Japan’s Otoboke Beaver as before. This year they also bring with them Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, a three-piece punk band from Daegu. Tour dates are too many to mention, ranging from 19 April through to 17 May. The London date is 2 May … [Read More]
Three Labyrinths: Donghoon Shin UK premiere
Donghoon Shin is having a productive time for premieres at the moment. Two in March, and now this: Three Labyrinths Date: Tue 2nd Apr, 2019 Time: 7.00pm Venue: City, University of London (EC1V 4PB) The Riot Ensemble presents the UK premieres of pieces by Georgia Rodgers, Aaron Einbond and Donghoon Shin, commissioned following the ensemble’s … [Read More]
Okkyung Lee residency at Cafe Oto
Thursday 28 March 2019, 7.30pm | Tickets Okkyung Lee & Matana Roberts + Okkyung Lee / Jerome Noetinger (Duo) Friday 29 March 2019, 7.30pm | Tickets Okkyung Lee / Rashad Becker (Duo) + Okkyung Lee / Nadia Ratsimandresy (Duo) Saturday 30 March 2019, 7.30pm | Tickets Okkyung Lee (Solo) + Okkyung Lee / Pat Thomas … [Read More]
Embodiment, Performativity and Subjectivity: The Best of BTS’s Music Award Show Stages
Winning end-of-year music award shows is important for Korean idols and groups as it helps to cement their importance and popularity not only in Korea but across East and South East Asia. This is demonstrated by the fact that MAMA 2018 – one of the biggest music shows – took place across multiple countries with … [Read More]
JungKwon Jang performs Pergolesi Stabat Mater
On 13 April, countertenor JungKwon Jang will perform Pergolesi’s sublime Stabat Mater at St George’s Hanover Square for the London Handel Festival 2019. He was selected as a finalist and won the Audience Prize at the 2017 London Handel Festival Singing Competition. Pergolesi Stabat Mater Saturday 13 April, 7.30pm St George’s, Hanover Square Tickets: £15 … [Read More]
Opera House lunchtime recital: Konu Kim
Tenor Konu Kim, with pianist David Gowland, will be giving a lunchtime recital on Monday 13 May 2019, 1pm in the Crush Room, Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD. Tickets are available from the Royal Opera House website. The event lasts around 45 minutes and ends at approximately 1.45pm. South Korean tenor Konu … [Read More]