Music Industry

29 Oct 2012

Visit a Hong Kong Records shop and there's a chance you'll encounter an amiable grey-haired man holding forth on what's hot and what's not in the music scene. That man is Siu King-chin, the...

Big music retailers diversify to survive in internet age

29 Oct 2012

The torrent of technological changes in the past couple of decades may have swept away the numerous music shops that once dotted Hong Kong, but some of the big retailers have managed to hold their...

Blue notes: 'Sunken Condos' by Donald Fagen

28 Oct 2012

Judged by Donald Fagen's post-Steely Dan standards to date, six years between albums is a positively prolific rate of output.

Album rewind: Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)

21 Oct 2012

Christian rock: what an oxymoron. But God works in mysterious ways, and in the year of our Lord 1979, Jesus saved Bob Dylan. A cross thrown on stage helped him through a difficult gig. Then a...

Nutrition: Juice detox

21 Aug 2012

Hong Kong's fine-dining and drinking lifestyle is an integral part of Claire Blackshaw's life, as the director of public relations for a five-star hotel. "It's a wonderful position to be in,...

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hot picks

Megan Chong, 16

cd: The Fame. Lady Gaga's debut is still the one with the most hits.

dvd: The Vow. A touching story about one man's journey to re-capture his wife's...

Draw like a victory for delusional fan

Oh, what joy to be a fan of a pedestrian England team and with the smart money on another spectacular underachievement at an international tournament. For first time in my 37-odd years following...

MDNA Madonna (CD)

Madonna returns to the world of pop with her 12th studio album, MDNA. The album features two hit singles, Give Me All Your Luvin' and Girl Gone Wild.

New Life Monica (CD)

My first impression of soul and R&B artist Monica's seventh studio album, New Life, is that it's nothing more than mediocre. The album showcases her vocal talents, but none of the songs leave...

She does it her way

You would have to have been sealed in the Hulk-proof cell to have missed the fact Hong Kong is suffering from a serious case of Lady Gaga fever. The pop diva is in the middle of a four-show gig as...

Nothing new from Monica

My first impression of soul and R&B artist Monica's seventh studio album, New Life, is that it's nothing more than mediocre. The album showcases her vocal talents, but none of the songs leave...