MusicDish's Blog Posts Tagged 'Shanren' (3)

 As part of web campaign in support of their first North American tour, MusicDish*China announced that Southern China's indie folk band Shanren has launched a remix project in partnership with music platform ClubCreate. Stems of their track "Drinking Song" have been made available to ClubCreate's international community and Shanren fans to create their own remixes at http://www.clubcreate.com/studio/shanren  "Working with…

  Beijing-based indie folk band Shanren (literally "Mountain Men") will open their debut North American tour at New York's Pianos on March 6th. Shanren's North American tour will bring the band across the East coast, including Connecticut, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and ending at Toronto's Slacker Canadian Music Week as part of the 30th Canadian Music Week 2012.  Tuesday, March 6, 9pm Shanren with The Brute Chorus Pianos (New York, NY) 158 Ludlow St. at Stanton Event…

Earlier this year, Beijing-based indie folk band Shanren (literally "Mountain Men"), traveled across China's Yunnan province to take in and film the rich indigenous musical traditions. The band members, whose own songs mix folk melodies with rock and world music influences, visited rural villages of Yi, Lisu, Nu, Tibetan, and Wa minorities. While joining the villagers in song and dance, they found the music so tied up in the drinking…