KOREAN MUSIC NOW
[Online Concert #4: Coreyah]
“Mesmerising and wonderful” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
"uninhibited vision of Korean traditional music" (NPR Music)
ⓒ이종삼Lee Jong Sam
Coreyah is a psychedelic Korean folk music group whose six members integrate traditional Korean instruments, vocals, guitar, and percussion. Since their 2010 debut, Coreyah has pioneered a new style of Korean music that blends genres of contemporary ethnic and popular sounds while still maintaining the distinctive characteristics of traditional Korean instruments. The group’s unique freewheeling, polystylistic vision combines a variety of influences, including Anglo-American rock, Balkan gypsy, and genres from South America and Africa.
The band is chocked full of gifted musicians, consisting of Kim Dongkun (daegeum, sogeum, tungso), Ham Boyoung (vocal), Kim Chorong (percussion, chulhyungeum), Kyungyi (percussion), Na Sunjin (geomungo), and Ko Jaehyeon (guitar).
Coreyah has released their 4th album "Clap & Applause" in July 2020. This new album celebrates their 10th anniversary with a dance-inducing, exciting new vision for Korean world music. Korean traditional rhythms combine with toe-tapping and hand-clapping dance beats set to the sounds of the soulful daegeum flute, electrifying geomungo zither, and fierceful janggu hourglass drum. Coreyah’s latest album continues their long-standing effort to infuse pop into traditional music through bold, youthful style, heartfelt lyrics, and a psychedelic sound.
The name Coreyah is a Sino-Korean homonym that refers to the inheritance of the past and also in Korean means “whale”—the group’s totem animal and good luck charm.
Coreyah has toured around the world visiting over 50 cities in 34 countries, and continues to delight audiences at home and abroad.
Coreyah was recently featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert on June 30, 2020 and performed three songs from their new album. (http://www.koreanculture.org/performing-arts/2020/6/30/coreyah-tiny-desk-home-concert)
▲ Program
Tomorrow Morning
Up all night
When the Sun Rises
into the water
Let’s make a Feast
Clap your hands
Big Things
Yellow Flower
How Far You’ve come
Clap & Applaud
▲ Artist
Vocal : Ham, Boyoung
Daegeum : Kim, Dong Kun
Geomungo : Na, Sunjin
Guitar : Ko, Jaehyeon
Percussion : Kim, Cho Rong / Kyungyi
*This video will be available to watch until December 30, 2020.
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