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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Korean Pop Music

K.d.lang : Watershed And Jack Johnson : Sleep Through The Static

The Saxophone Pub is an old pub which has many Music bands alternately during 20 years long. Most of customers were Music lovers (more than 20 years old), make the place full of beautiful atmosphere.

The beginning was started after listening a Korean couple singers, tomboy and lady, the song K.D.Lang and Watershed, studio album number 10, was not disappointed because of his or her voice, sweet and smooth.

Not longer then, Kathryn Dawn Lang or K.D.Lang, tom who has a smooth voice from Canada becomes nearly 50 years old, but her talent was not reduced, but blossom following as her age.

She grew up among the family who really love music, 2 ladies, 1 man and 1 tomboy, include mother Audrey and father Fred Lang. they lived in Alberta, surrounding of a wide grass farm, beauty nature and music from Patsy Cline, a great country singer form the United State. These were parts of K.D.’s inspiration and ideal to conducted her superb voice and made her born to the country song with her band that devoted to Patsy Cline named “Reclines” since 1983. She has covered Patsy’s songs, so that the Canadian and American favor her so much.

K.D. recorded many albums, both the covered and composed by herself, and got several awards and mentions from listeners and fames around the world. She is the one of eight women singers of the world who got two awards of VH"s 100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll and CMT" 40 Greatest Women in country Music. She owned a lot of Grammy Awards and was invited duo with other singers. Also, her warm songs and voice were put into many movies.

To whom favor in folk rock, smooth, sweet and sad pop country, should find out and listen the “Watershed”. All of 11 songs which were composed, sang, performed and produced by K.D. herself, will serenade and make you feel delighted.

And another man with 33 years, but still be a new generation singer, Jack Johnson with “Sleep Through the Static”, a newest album which is hot nowadays.

Jack Johnson was a surfer from Hawaii. He changed his life to be a popular in music way because of the accident during the surfboard competition when he was 17 years. His head hit the surfboard while underpass the Pipeline and had to suture more 150 needles, and stayed long in the hospital. During nursing himself, he played a guitar and composed the songs. His story is similar to Matt Costa, a singer belong to his Brushfire Records.

Jack Johnson graduated in movie from the University of California. However, he still be interested of music, so he started to conduct a non-fiction movie with his friends titled “Thicker than Water”, comprised with his songs. The movie was satisfy, also his songs, made him a favor of song lovers’ heart.

The Sleep Through the Static is number 5 of the studio album, which consisted of 14 love songs sang and performed acoustic guitar by Jack Johnson. The special happened that Jack moved the place for record, from Hawaii hometown to L.A."s Solar Powered Plastic Plant, a studio where used the real natural power for supporting the champagne of the Global Warming, such as “All At Once”, the first track of album. The next Sleep Through the Static, a title track and single “Hope, If I had Eyes” last year and others in the album.

Please find out and enjoy.

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I'm in love with Korean Pop but....?

I'm in love with Korean Pop Music but I need to try to like American Pop songs, I only like a few American Pop songs... do you have any suggestion on American songs that are similar to Korean Pop type? ty ^^ very much. I really like beautiful melody songs, and the dance pop types ^^
@Aoi-Chan I need to because I need to know more English pop songs to practice singing with.... I know it could be any but I want to sing my favorites ^^

why do you "need" to like american pop?

i love korean pop too..and i cannot stand american pop.

and i AM american.

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