La Fete de La Musique takes place today, Friday June 21, 4:00 PM to 11:30 PM. The event is free! And it sounds amazing… even in this shaky English-version press release! “For the first time in Taipei, La Caja De Musica, in collaboration with many artists, want to organize La
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Folk hero Scott Cook returns for Taiwan tour
Ian Kuo’sIan Kuo’s blog: “SCOTT COOK @ BOBWUNDAYE” Being a relative newcomer to the Taiwan music scene, I had no idea who Scott Cook was, other than what I had read online. I knew that he had played locally for several years, and that he later went back to Canada
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annert, 29, is from Edmonton, Canada. He came to Taiwan two years ago, “to get away, see Asia, similar to the situation of a lot of people here,” he says. In Canada, he was an investment banker, and “didn’t want to push paper anymore,” and managed promotion for a nightclub. In Taiwan, he taught English in Taipei County for a year. Three months ago, he and a friend took over the lease for Bliss, a popular pub and live music venue in Taipei.
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