The 4th Korea International Wind Band Festival kicks off Aug. 25 with a grand opening ceremony at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul. Under the slogan “Dynamic Korea,” the festival will feature bands and ensembles from Korea as well as abroad, with a select number of special invitees including world-renowned conductor Philippe Langlet and president of World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Bert Alders. The opening ceremony for the festival will feature performances by Jeju Provincial Seogwi

With the summer music festival calendar crowded with large-scale rock events, a new music fest being inaugurated later this month promises a welcome break from the usual ear-splitting sounds of the season. The O2 Nami Island Music Festival 2013 was designed as a two-day summer music festival for those looking for non-rock music performances.Filling the small island with the sounds of folk music and easy-listening classical pieces, the O2 music festival offers music lovers an opportunity to camp

Organized by Special Olympics Korea and Love We Can, a group that specializes in setting up cultural events for those with intellectual disabilities, Pyeongchang Special Music Festival began Tuesday morning for a five-day run through Aug. 10 at Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province. Artists with intellectual disabilities from 12 different countries, as well as mentors and volunteer workers, will join in the festival, bringing 300 participants. The festival will include a wide variety

Singer Lim Kim announced Tuesday that she will release her second mini-album as a solo artist next month. “My second mini-album is slated to come out in September. I’m recording it right now, so please look forward to September!” Kim, whose real name is Kim Ye-rim, said via her Facebook page. Mystic89, the 20-year-old singer’s agency, said that Kim is currently putting the finishing touches on her new album. Kim is best known to the public as a member of singing duo Togewol. She and her band mat

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Korean-American singer John Park, who was a semi-finalist on season nine of “American Idol,” and the runner-up of the local singing audition program “Superstar K2,” has announced that he will record a Korean version of his recently released English single “Sipping My Life Away.”“I had been working on my first full album for the past year and a half, and it was my first attempt at writing and composing some of my own songs,” Park announced on his agency’s website. “As the popularity of ‘Sipping M

In honor of the band’s newest album release, “Reel Impulse,” the five rockers of YB Band will be putting on a special three-day garage concert performance from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 at the Sungsoo-dong Daelim Garage. The “YB Garage Concert ‘Garage Chaos’” is a 19-and-older restricted performance intended to be an all-out loud, hard-core warehouse rock show in celebration of the band’s comeback album. YB Band, also known as the Yoon Do-hyun Band, released its ninth studio album, “Reel Impulse,” on J

Brown Eyed Girls 5th album is solidBrown Eyed Girls“Black Box”(LOEN Entertainment)As veterans in the K-pop arena, Brown Eyed Girls has come back with a solid nine-track album.Unlike “Sixth Sense,” their last album from 2011, “Black Box” is a rather safe album with no standouts and sticks to a rather basic pop sound, making for a good summer listen. Although the music video is stunning in terms of style, inspired by the movie “Kill Bill,” the title track itself is your average, catchy pop tune wi

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