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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Back when I was pretending I could teach music, my guy students/victims would always ask me to teach them love songs they could use to serenade girls.
I’m sorry, but I think I’m going to have to pull a Kanye here…