music
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Jeff Usher, jazz pianist
Everyone has heroes. Jazz pianist Jeff Usher’s is the maverick genius Thelonious Monk. The uncompromising quirkiness of Monk’s music just blew Usher away. “It was his personality,” said Brisbane-based Usher. “When Monk played, it sounded like he was having a… Continue reading
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Jeff Usher, jazz pianist VIDEO
Everyone has heroes. Jazz pianist Jeff Usher’s is the maverick genius Thelonious Monk. The uncompromising quirkiness of Monk’s music just blew Usher away. Continue reading
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Grammy award-winning U.S. folk musos presented with the SabahSongs book!
The U.S. Embassy partnered with SPArKS (Society of Performing Arts in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah), ME Malaysia, Sri Pelancongan Sabah, and American Voices to bring to Kota Kinabalu a concert on American Roots Music on January 09 2013 by Grammy Awards… Continue reading
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Blogger to author
I wrote my first blog SabahSongs from 2009-12. It was about people working in the field of music in Sabah, on the island of Borneo, where I was living at the time. When I said I was moving to Australia,… Continue reading
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Book launch transcripts VIDEO
Video and transcripts of the speeches at the book launch of SabahSongs: Contemporary Music in Sabah, at the Jesselton Hotel, Kota Kinabalu on December 20, 2012. Speech by Datuk CL Chan (the publisher) First of all I would like to… Continue reading
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Book Launch Speeches — Video and Transcripts
Video and transcripts of the speeches at the book launch of SabahSongs: Contemporary Music in Sabah, at the Jesselton Hotel, Kota Kinabalu on December 20, 2012. Speech by Datuk CL Chan (the publisher) First of all I would like to… Continue reading
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Book launch media coverage
Here is some media coverage about the book launch of SabahSongs: Contemporary Music in Sabah. Most of it is out of Malaysia, in English, Chinese and Malay, but some websites from elsewhere took the story from newsfeeds. Click on them… Continue reading
Joanna Funk 