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STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 21, 2015 • 8 min read

Music The blues: Sweet home Singapore

By David Hutt • Sep 21, 2015
Synonymous with the travails of the poor, downtrodden and lonely, the music known as the blues has found a firm foothold in modern-day Singapore

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 20, 2015 • 6 min read

Rapid fire: Suboi

By Daniel Besant • Jul 20, 2015
Suboi was already Vietnam’s top female rapper when, earlier this year, she was invited to perform at the legendary South by Southwest festival in the US. She sat down with Southeast Asia Globe to discuss image, artistic freedom and why she certainly isn’t a tomboy

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 17, 2015 • 6 min read

Vietnam's Trap DJs No country for old men: trap music in Ho Chi Minh City

By Logan Connor • Jun 17, 2015
Named after drug dens in the United States’ dirty south, trap music is one of the region’s more unlikely musical imports. But the youth of Ho Chi Minh City are hoisting on high-tops, slipping on snapbacks and embracing the genre

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2015 • 3 min read

Singer Top five: Pop-tastic songbirds

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Mar 26, 2015
Southeast Asian songstresses are doing the region proud

Feb 06, 2015 • 4 min read

“I can only handle it because I’m in love with my music”

Internationally acclaimed DJ Nakadia hails from Thailand but now calls Berlin her home. As ‘the queen of turntables’ prepares to play with legendary DJ Sven Väth on Koh Samui, she speaks to Southeast Asia Globe about her unrelenting love for her art
By Daniel Besant • Feb 06, 2015

Nov 13, 2014 • 3 min read
Music

“Nobody knew that ‘I wanna sex you up’ would be the hit record it became”

In 1991, Colour Me Badd released “I Wanna Sex You Up”, the classic R&B love song that inspired innumerable school disco hook-ups. Ahead of their appearance at Retrofest in Kuala Lumpur on November 1, founding member Kevin ‘KT’ Thornton, who quit the pop music game to become a minister, discusses stardom, blessings from God and meeting Wesley Snipes
By Dene Mullen • Nov 13, 2014

Jun 06, 2014 • 6 min read
Music

Still the girl next door: Taylor Swift

As she embarks on the Southeast Asian leg of her Red Tour, Taylor Swift tells Southeast Asia Globe that, even after selling millions of records and playing sold-out stadium shows, for her, home is where the heart is
By Katy Hiddleston • Jun 06, 2014

Mar 31, 2014 • 4 min read
Ancient instrument

The music man

Master chapei player Kong Nay is a Cambodian living legend. Overcoming unimaginable hurdles, his music continues to inspire young and old
By Jemma Galvin • Mar 31, 2014

Mar 14, 2014 • 6 min read
Music

The past is a foreign country

The 78rpm Era in Southeast Asia provides a fascinating insight into music nearly forgotten
By Daniel Besant • Mar 14, 2014

Jul 16, 2013 • 5 min read
Music

All the right grooves

How a Balinese traditional wood carver became one of the country’s finest guitar makers
By Text and photos by Irwin Loy • Jul 16, 2013

Mar 12, 2013 • 7 min read
Festival

Bringing the heat

Ahead of their performance at the Big Wig Festival in Singapore, Cuban Brothers founder Miguel Mantovani discusses Spanish children’s entertainers, nude sunbathing and Tom Jones having sex with a cardboard box
By Dene Mullen • Mar 12, 2013