https://www.scmp.com/rss/316238/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hanggai, the Beijing-based Mongolian folk rock band now well into their second decade, spent the summer on tour in Canada, their third visit since 2009. The tour mostly comprised large-scale folk-festival slots alongside an international collection of artists, performing before tens of thousands of music lovers. Many of these people had never heard of the band, but for a significant number of Canadian residents, Hanggai are a household name. These are not fans won over by previous visits - that... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1870818/next-big-thing-hanggai-mongolian-folk-rockers-and-chinese-reality-tv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1870818/next-big-thing-hanggai-mongolian-folk-rockers-and-chinese-reality-tv?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:00:30 +0000 Shen Lihui is positively aglow on this gorgeous if crisp Sunday afternoon in Manhattan. Sipping craft beer from a plastic cup on a backstage patio in Central Park's Rumsey Playfield, the head and face - mop-topped and thick-spectacled, respectively - of Modern Sky, the mainland record label-cum-music festival-producing machine, is chatty and relaxed. Nearby, indie-star tag-team The Both are dropping pleasant pop-rock across the park on this second and last day of Modern Sky Festival NYC, the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1613726/chinese-rock-makes-cultural-beachhead-central-park-festival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1613726/chinese-rock-makes-cultural-beachhead-central-park-festival?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:45:30 +0000