Posts Tagged ‘music’

Get personal: Nick Davis

Posted: 18th January 2013 by R.AGE in Get Personal
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By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my MUCH has changed since singer-songwriter Nick Davis was first featured in R.AGE in 2008, but if there’s one thing that has stayed the same, it would be his passion for film and music. Although, Davis admitted that he is more focused on music right now and that film has taken a [...]

Bhangra boys

Posted: 23rd November 2012 by R.AGE in Stories
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By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you are familiar with the bhangra music scene, then you would recognise Manjit Singh (M-Ji) and Sukhjit Singh (Surj) from Goldkartz. The brothers, age 27 and 23 respectively, have been producing urban bhangra tracks since 2008, with the release of their debut album Loaded. With almost 20, 000 “Likes” on [...]

It’s Gamelan time!

Posted: 2nd November 2012 by R.AGE in BRATs, Stories
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By DENIELLE LEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my JUSTIN Bieber’s Beauty And A Beat went viral hours after its music video was released. Ask any teenage girl and she’d have lots to say (or scream) about the single. On the contrary, if you were to ask the same girl about gamelan, she’d probably take a few seconds to think [...]

From rubbish to music

Posted: 26th October 2012 by R.AGE in BRATs, Stories
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By CHIANG PANG FEI alltherage@thestar.com.my There was a nice side attraction at this year’s Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival (KLEFF), and it was mostly rubbish. Literally. The KLEFF Eco Music Festival and 1Drum Circle, organised two weekends ago in conjunction with KLEFF, featured an entire line-up of performers whose instruments were made up of recycled [...]

Get Personal: Nadhira Nishaa

Posted: 28th September 2012 by R.AGE in Get Personal
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By ANGELIN YEOH Before Nadhira Nishaa got her break as a pop/R&B artiste, she was just another person working up the corporate ladder. “I was working in advertising, and one day I decided to just give a music career a shot,” said the singer. “The process was a very slow and gradual thing. It certainly [...]

Overcoming depression

Posted: 14th September 2012 by R.AGE in Stories
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By ANGELIN YEOH and KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my MOST of us would find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. We‘d be tempted to just turn off the alarm and go back to sleep. But then reality kicks it and before you know it, you’re getting ready for work or school. For Jasmine [...]

Ramadan Resolutions

Posted: 3rd August 2012 by R.AGE in Stories
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Fasting the extra mile By KEVIN TAN and ANGELIN YEOH alltherage@thestar.com.my THE holy month of Ramadan is a time when Muslims the world over not only abstain from food and water from dawn till sunset, but also devote themselves to spiritual reflection, the cultivation of empathy for the less fortunate, and the practice of self-discipline. [...]

T-ara trouble

Posted: 3rd August 2012 by R.AGE in On The K-Pop Scene, Uncategorized
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By NATASHA IMAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THE much-anticipated return of girl group T-ara later this month has been overshadowed by the controversy surrounding group member Hwayoung. Ahead of the group’s July concerts in Tokyo, Japan, it was announced that Hwayoung would not be able to fully participate in the shows due to a leg injury sustained while [...]

Darren Ashley

Posted: 20th July 2012 by R.AGE in Get Personal
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By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my ELECTRO-POP artiste Darren Ashley started composing music at the age of 12. He completed his primary and secondary education in Thailand, and he believes those years have helped develop his unique taste in music. Ashley was exposed to different kinds of music at his schools where he befriended people from all [...]

From broke to dope

Posted: 10th May 2012 by R.AGE in Stories
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By IAN YEE and DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM alltherage@thestar.com.my BARELY two years ago, YouTube duo Karmin were flat-out broke. Singer/rapper Amy Heidemann was working as a wedding singer while playing in a girl band, and her partner-in-crime Nick Noonan was trying to make a career for himself as a jazz trombonist. “All we had was a US$99 [...]