Extracts from David Yip's talk at the China in Britain event. Here is a video showcasing his latest project Golden Mountain. For more info see: www.davidyip.co.uk
Also featured are a number of tunes by movie queen of Amoy-dialect cinema Zhuang Xue Fang. Courtesy of http://softfilm.blogspot.co.uk
Zhuang Xue Fang links:
http://chinesecinemagoldenage.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/one-and-only-one-amoy-movie-queen.html
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=33378&display_set=eng
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain:
Hot Lady lobby card from 1958. Ling Po also stars.
Also in today's show music from Japanese girl groups: 5,6,78s and The Dreamlets.
Plus Drinking Song by Hanggai and Let's Be People by Delroy Williams.
Tune in for my easy bitter melon recipe to cool your qi:
3 comments:
Nice to hear Zhuang Xue Fang's songs on the radio this morning!
I'm still looking for her Hokkien (Amoy) songs. She switched to singing in Mandarin sometime in the 60s. I suspect her early recordings might only survive on 78s -- and that's a habit I'm afraid to start!
P.S. Here's a subtitled interview with Zhuang Xue Fang from a couple of years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfGF5wH3K2Q
Hello Dave
Glad you enjoyed the show and thanks again for sharing those lovely tune son your blog.
I know what you mean re 78s - i just can't go there either, if i do I'm not sure where it will end! Actually I know where it will end - me penniless in a room full of dusty vinyl and shellac!
Thanks for the youtube clip, a nice little interview.
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