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Mayday Leads Golden Melody Nominees

Mayday Leads Golden Melody Nominees

Mayday’s album “History of Tomorrow” is leading this year’s nominees for Golden Melody Awards — with eight nominations, including Best Mandarin Album. Mayday was also nominated in the categories of Best Album of the Year, Best Song of the Year, Best Band, Best Composer, Best Lyricist, Best Album Production, and Best Music Video. “History of...Continue reading
HK Crooner Jacky Cheung Announces Concert Tour

HK Crooner Jacky Cheung Announces Concert Tour

Hong Kong singer-songwriter Jacky Cheung has announced an upcoming world tour, with concerts in Taiwan set for the month of February. The crooner with 57 albums under his belt is reportedly set for 4 performances on the dates of the 11th, 12th, 18th, and 19th, at the Taipei Arena for his “A Classic Tour”. But...Continue reading
Sodagreen Announces Three-year Break

Sodagreen Announces Three-year Break

Right after receiving 5 awards at Saturday’s Golden Melody Awards ceremony, Sodagreen announced that they are going to take a three-year break to review their past and contemplate their future path. Sodagreen, with its album “Winter Endless”, was the biggest winner at the ceremony in the categories of best Mandarin album, best band, best lyricist,...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Turmoil in Tainan, Dome Drama and the Litigious Legislator

Taiwan This Week: Turmoil in Tainan, Dome Drama and the Litigious Legislator

Taiwan This Week is ICRT’s weekly roundup of the top news stories from around the island. This week host Keith Menconi sits down with Gavin Phipps of ICRT news, and Michael Smith from Kaohsiung. Tune in every Friday at 8:30pm as ICRT news is joined by expert commentators to break down the week’s biggest stories...Continue reading
Fans Queue Up for Jody Chiang Farewell Concert Tickets

Fans Queue Up for Jody Chiang Farewell Concert Tickets

Tickets for Jody Chiang’s farewell concerts will go on sale today – and diehard fans are already camping out to snatch up their last chance to see the 53-year-old live. Fans began lining up in front of agency Guang Hong Arts’ building Saturday – with more joining the line yesterday. Chiang announced Friday that she...Continue reading
Elephant Gym Leads Indie Music Award Nominations

Elephant Gym Leads Indie Music Award Nominations

Taiwan band Elephant Gym leads the pack with eight nominations for the 5th Golden Indie Music Awards. The Ministry of Culture’s Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development sats the bass-driven band from Kaohsiung received nominations for best album, best band, best rock single, best jazz single, album with the best style and single with...Continue reading
ICRT Prepares to Rock the Station's Eighth Annual Battle of the Bands

ICRT Prepares to Rock the Station’s Eighth Annual Battle of the Bands

Six of the island’s best emerging local bands will compete this Saturday at International Community Radio Taipei’s eighth annual Battle of the Bands for the chance to be crowned champion by some of the most influential names in the music industry. The event, held at the Taipei New Horizon between 3 and 7 p.m., showcases...Continue reading
Golden Melody Awards Spreads the Love

Golden Melody Awards Spreads the Love

There were many winners at the 25th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei on Saturday, but not many came away with multiple awards on a night when the honors were evenly distributed across artists and countries. Malaysian-Chinese singer and songwriter Penny Tai and Taiwanese singer-songwriter and record producer Jonathan Lee walked away with the biggest hauls...Continue reading
Singer-Songwriter David Tao to Marry

Singer-Songwriter David Tao to Marry

Local singer-songwriter David Tao will marry his girlfriend this year. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Tao said he proposed to his girlfriend of over two years in May, and plans to marry her at the end of 2014. The Golden Melody Award winning Tao admitted his marriage proposal was “very unromantic.” Tao rose to fame in...Continue reading

Golden Melody Nominees Announced

The nominees for this year’s Golden Melody Awards were announced Tuesday, with Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua hoping for her fourth Best Mandarin Female Singer win. Chua will compete in the category with Taiwan’s Faith Yang and Jia Jia, Malaysia’s Penny Tai and Hong Kong’s Denise Ho. The five nominees for Best Mandarin Album are Li...Continue reading