Vancouver musicians Kristin Fung and Van Lefan will have an opportunity to attract new fans in Taiwan near the end of April.
The video for More than Money is full of emotion as Vancouver and Toronto musicians groove to the music and lyrics.
“𝖲𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝖸𝗈𝗎 定定仔行” imagines life paths that their grandmothers might have taken if they had been free to choose their destinies.
The two Jade Music Fest songwriters have previously included Mandarin lyrics in some of their own compositions.
The Jade Music Fest will highlight Vancouver’s linguistic diversity in some innovative ways from November 5 to 8.
「我是八個孩子裡最小的，我爸爸透過他在唐人街的生意組成了家族樂團，所以全家人都參與其中，」Jimmy 說。「我的兄弟姐妹們都會演奏不同的樂器。我非常羨慕他們有自己專屬的樂器，而我什麼都沒有。當時我還很小，沒有屬於自己的樂器，所以我就負責打擊樂器，算是比較簡單的那種。但也不算太糟，因為打擊樂讓我熟悉了各種節奏。」
Jimmy Teh grew up in Rangoon, Burma (currently known as Yangon, Myanmar) in a family with musical roots.
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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