East and Southeast Asia NI HAO

This week we embark on yet another extraordinary adventure; this season we dive deep into the music and cultures of East and Southeast Asia! For some songs we'll travel back in time, through into the area's ample past, while other tunes will rocket us right to the region today.    

All Around This World’s East and Southeast Asia season of classes includes songs all over the region, from China where we pick tea leaves on the most gorgeous day, to Indonesia where funky Hindustani/Malay/Arabic-inspired dangdut bands sing about love. We travel from Laos, where inspired vocalists improvise bawdy but timely tales, to Japan where children flee an imaginary cucumber-eating, sumo-wrestling pond monster. From the Philippines where a song secretly inspired independence to Malaysia where we ride a rickshaw, indulgently adorned so all visitors will see.

We definitely have some ear-opening musical experiences in such a creative region on the world. ENJOY!