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Profile: Seo Tai-ji, Lee Ji-ah, Jung Woo-sung

Apr 21, 2011

Seo Tai-ji, a singer who is allegedly under a divorce suit with Lee Ji-ah, is a well-known South Korean singer, musician and songwriter. He had risen as an influential cultural icon in Korea during ...
FT Island’s single No. 2 on Japan’s Oricon chart

Apr 21, 2011

FT Island’s new single “Satisfaction” hit the No. 2 on Japan’s Oricon single chart on Wednesday, demonstrating the band’s surging popularity in the biggest music market of Asia. The fourth single by...
Young acts supply most star power at Coachella

Apr 18, 2011

INDIO, California ― As the U.K. folk-revival quartet Mumford & Sons, all of whom are in their early 20s, stared out on the 70,000 people or so gathered to watch their set at the Coachella Valley Musi...
Legend to hold two concerts in Seoul

Apr 18, 2011

American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend said he was happy to hold two concerts in Seoul on Tuesday and Wednesday. His visit to Korea is the first since he performed at the Olympic Hall in 2009. “...
Maestro Chung urges state support for Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

Apr 17, 2011

Maestro Chung Myung-whun, music director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, said the Korean government should continually support the orchestra to help it advance to a world-class level. “If an or...
Rain, No. 1 in TIME’s 100 poll

Apr 17, 2011

Rain, a South Korean actor and singer, has been voted the most influential person in the world in an online poll. In a poll conducted by TIME magazine, Rain ranked first in the voting for this year’...
Events Calendar

Apr 15, 2011

Exhibitions “Koo Bohnchang”: One of South Korea’s most renowned photographers, Koo Bohn-chang, is holding a solo exhibition at Kukje Gallery. Elements from his other series as well as his personal c...
The Radio Dept. to make Korean debut

Apr 14, 2011

Landing fresh from a performance at California’s Coachella music festival, Swedish indie pop band The Radio Dept. are to play their first ever Korean gig next week. The band, whose music was feature...
Daniel Catan, opera composer and librettist, dies at 62

Apr 12, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Daniel Catan, an opera composer and librettist whose works including “Il Postino” and “Florencia en el Amazonas” have been praised for their lyrical romanticism and humane generosity of...
Japan quake rocks tours of foreign acts

Apr 12, 2011

Concert tour schedules of foreign music artists in Korea have been rocked by last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan and local concert organizers claim they are finding it difficult to r...
JYJ’s Junsu voted best singer

Apr 12, 2011

JYJ’s Kim Junsu was voted the best singer of all Korean idol group members, a local survey has shown. A local newspaper conducted the survey on ten vocal trainers to rank the Korean idol groups and ...
[Herald Interview] Sara Bareilles anticipates fun concert in Seoul

Apr 11, 2011

U.S. singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles said she is looking forward to visiting Seoul to hold her first concert in Korea, as she is already familiar with Korean culture. Bareilles plans to showcase he...
Coachella festival to focus on high-concept aesthetics

Apr 10, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― In one corner of the field at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, fans will find an unlikely structure ― a kind of ad-hoc cathedral. There’s no atonement for a boozy w...
14m acts on MySpace: Any great band names left?

Apr 10, 2011

CHICAGO ― Snowflakes fluttered down, lightning flashed and inspiration for a brilliant new band name struck: Thundersnow. Mind you, I don’t actually have a band, but in my rock-geek fantasy life, I’...
[Herald interview] Universal Music sees big potential in Korean classical music

Apr 8, 2011

Universal Music Group International, which has prestigious label Deutsche Grammophon, expects that the Korean demand for classical music to grow faster in the coming years on the back of the country’...