KEL: WAKE UP! HONG KONG HAS A VERY SPECIAL MUSICIAN!
It was like a very intimate Unplugged session. Or one of those rare snapshot moments that stay with you. There was Kel sitting on a small...
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Jan 11, 20194 min read
THOMAS NGAI: WHAT’S NEXT FOR MUSIC IN ENGLISH IN HONG KONG
There really has to be far more songs performed in English in Hong Kong- and not just those from cover bands in bars and clubs and the...
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Jan 11, 20194 min read
A RIDE THROUGH A HAPPY WEDNESDAY IN HONG KONG
It starts for many on Monday when the race card comes out. Of course, these are important to those who know their horses, riders, have a...
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Jan 4, 20195 min read
AND THAT’S HOW HONG KONG ENDED UP WITH CANTO POP- AND CANTO PAP
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Often one wishes for that the Cha Cha was still in vogue in Hong Kong. Going back to watch those old...
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Dec 31, 20182 min read
ADAM LAMBERT: COVERED AND BELIEVING
It’s been done many times over: take an upbeat and well known song and slow it down to a ballad or turn it into bossa nova, neo classical...
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Dec 30, 20184 min read
DOING THE HUSTLE: TRENDING AGAIN IN ASIA
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Van McCoy was a man ahead of his time. He saw the great Hustle of the 2000s coming long before anyone...
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Dec 28, 20185 min read
THE FEMALE SINGER IN ASIA: NEXT CAREER PORT OF CALL?
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com For those female artists in Asia who know that no matter how “mature” they might be that their...
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Dec 20, 20184 min read
GETTING TO KNOW THE WORLD OF MUSIC ALL OVER AGAIN
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Yesterday, popular record store HMV announced that it’s closing its doors in Hong Kong after being...
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Dec 17, 20183 min read
IS THIS ALL THERE IS?
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com We were having dinner with a few cricketers over the weekend. Not just any cricketers. World class...
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Dec 13, 20183 min read
Can I take you back…
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It’s not even a question anymore. It’s a fact. We’re over-complicating everything. Even the most...
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Dec 1, 20186 min read
WHAT IF? WHY NOT?
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com How long is a ball of string? It’s always something going through my head when around experienced...
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Nov 23, 20185 min read
GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE BELONGED
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com There’s that opening chord to “Hard Days Night”. That “naughty chord”. Some of us are still trying to...
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Nov 12, 20187 min read
ALGORITHMS IS NOT MUSIC, OK?
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Let’s try to make some sense out of all this. Or at least find solutions. We know the problems. One...
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Oct 31, 20181 min read
THOSE SONGS THAT SOMEHOW LIVE WITH YOU (AND WE’RE ALL DIFFERENT)
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Some make it through the rain, some fall by the wayside. A few make comebacks for whatever reason. A...
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Oct 30, 20183 min read
OPENING THAT FRONT DOOR AND MINING THOSE BACK CATALOGUES
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It’s not always about finding new talent. It’s often about going back in time and revisiting that...
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Oct 29, 20181 min read
TEN SONGS ABOUT THE GOOD, BAD AND FUGLY ABOUT THAT CRAZY THING CALLED FRIENDSHIP
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com The “best” of anything is something personal. Especially when it comes to friendship. No two...
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Oct 26, 20183 min read
IV OF SPADES. A WINNING HAND. FRESH FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It’s a little reminiscent of Hansen and when “MMMbop” first hit the public consciousness. Young was...
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Oct 11, 20182 min read
JENNIFER PALOR AND THAT ADRENALINE RUSH
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com One can’t categorise Jennifer Palor. She sings songs. All types of songs. But what makes her special...
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Oct 4, 20184 min read
SIMON FULLER AND THE SAME OLD STORY OF NOW UNITED
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com My daughter Taryn was fortunate enough to work for Simon Fuller. It was for what was then his...
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Aug 30, 20185 min read
LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN…
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It’s stating the obvious to say that the Beatles were special. But to someone who decided to drop a...
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