In a picturesque setting a few hours from Seoul, hundreds of thousands of millennials camp out for a three-day weekend of jazz. Its secret? It... It was like discovering a parallel reality. After ...

That jazz appeals to younger audiences, is fun, and not so serious, is more than a mere notion, materializing in, of all places, South Korea. The Jarasum Jazz Festival created there by promoter In Jae ...

Jihye Lee’s ancestral ties fueled her new album in a way that felt baptismal to her. Photo Credit: Hyemi Kim Whenshe’sonstage, Jihye Lee does not belong to her audience. Instead, she’s at one with her ...

Mina Cho’s startlingly fresh approach to jazz fusion reaches its culmination with Beat Mirage, her fifth album and the debut of her Grace Beat Quartet. Supported by bassist Max Ridley, drummer ...

The 22nd edition of the Jarasum Jazz Festival, South Korea's largest annual jazz festival that started in 2004, is being held Friday to Sunday on Jara Island and in the surrounding town in ...

Until recently, traditional Korean music, or gugak, had never been something close to the heart of Seoul-born, Paris-honed jazz vocalist Nah Youn-sun. Born to a conductor father and a musical actress ...

Ju Hyun Mi’s 1985 hit “Rainy Yeongdong Bridge” established her as one of South Korea’s premier performers in the “trot” music genre Ju Hyun Mi and Phil Yoon performing with Ju Hyun Mi Jazz Project at ...

Seoul Music: Korean Sanjo Meets New York Jazz features some of the most renowned Korean performers together with outstanding Grammy award-winning jazz artists: Lee Tae-Baek (ajaeng); Yi Jiyoung ...