NYC Passport to Taiwan Festival - Hello Taiwan 2012 Stage program

This year is going to be the best Passport to Taiwan Festival EVER!
We've got a treat for you!
This is the first time our lineup includes bands straight from Taiwan. We are bringing you something you haven't heard before in the US: real "Taiwan rock" of Chairman 董事長樂團 and "Taiwan pop rock" of Red Flower 紅花樂團.

In addition to these two amazing... [read more]

This year is going to be the best Passport to Taiwan Festival EVER!
We've got a treat for you!
This is the first time our lineup includes bands straight from Taiwan. We are bringing you something you haven't heard before in the US: real "Taiwan rock" of Chairman 董事長樂團 and "Taiwan pop rock" of Red Flower 紅花樂團.

In addition to these two amazing bands from Taiwan, the other bands we have in store for you just returned from a tour of Taiwan during April, starting with the renowned Spring Scream festival. Crazy hip hop beatbox group "Three Sheet", Eric Hsu of the alternative rock band "Johnny Hi-Fi," and New York City's own "The Hsu-Nami" will complete a program that you won't want to miss! What more can you ask for?!

11:30 Church Service/ TAA-NY Chorus
12:00 Opening Ceremony
12:20 Dulan Mountain Theater
12:50 Isaiah Richardson
01:10 Red Flower 紅花樂團
02:00 Three Sheet
02:55 Chairman 董事長樂團
03:50 Hsu-Nami
04:30 Giga Herb

Eric Hsu of Johnny Hi-Fi 1:55/2:45/3:40/4:25

Official Website:
http://p2tw.org/

Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/Passport2Taiwan
http://www.facebook.com/TaiKeNewYork
http://www.facebook.com/AsianInNYFans

The Chairman Band 董事長樂團 (Taiwan)
The Chairman, formed in 1997, has released 8 albums, and received numerous domestic and overseas awards. The Chairman is famed for its particular Taiwanese local rock and roll style and has dominated the Taiwan music industry for years. The Chairman has been nominated and won awards including Golden Melody Awards and Golden Indie Awards in Taiwan. They were also invited to perform at 2011 Taiwan Heritage Night at the Mets Citi Field, the first Taiwan live band to perform at any Major League Baseball. The Chairman’s facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/chairman.taiwan

Red Flower 紅花樂團 (Taiwan)
Emerging band Red Flower straddles the murky line between pop and indie band. Red Flower Band was found in 2005 and since then, two tracks have become TV drama theme songs including “Love Second Time Around” makes a nod to 1980s happy-go-lucky rock, while “Pillow Talk” veers into atmospheric slow rock redolent of Coldplay. Red Flower Band facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedFlowerBand

The Hsu-Nami (New York city)
An international renowned prog-rock band from the United States. The Hsu-Nami. Integrates an amplified electric ”erhu”, a tweaked two-string spike fiddle used in Chinese classical and folk music, into a rock lineup. The band typically compose lengthy erhu melodic-based instrumental pieces that feature dynamic contrast, heavy guitar riffs, melodic bass guitar lines and trading solo. Part of the new-fusion rock movement, the Hsu-Nami redefines the 1960s and 1970s progressive fusion rock music. Hsu-Nami's Facebook: http://www.hsu-nami.com

Three Sheet (Canada)
Tour the whole country of Taiwan with 2012 "Hello Taiwan Tour" this past April. Three Sheet is a five member, genre-bending power house with a firm base in hip hop and backed by 100% beatbox percussion. With a highly portable composition of 3 microphones, a guitar, and a bass, Three Sheet is known for their mind-melting organic sound with no samples, no loops and no synthesized drums. Three Sheet's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sheet/74256272845

Eric Hsu of Johnny Hi-Fi
With appearances on the House of Blues Tour, the Beijing Pop Festival, MTV, Billboard Magazine, CBS News, and the NY Times, Johnny Hi-Fi has captured the hearts of fans worldwide, with their haunting melodies and singer songwriter sensibility, fused with an alternative rock edge. Johnny Hi-Fi's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHiFiband

Isaiah Richardson
Isaiah Richardson, famous street jazz saxophone player. he first got the whole nation of Taiwan's attention by performing Taiwanese tunes in the subway of New York and post it on on video site which made him became a youtube sensation. https://www.facebook.com/brownricefamily

Giga Herbs (New York city)
Nestled in between thoughts that manifest themselves into songs about forlorn goddesses of the information age and magical dragons powering a local ferryboat. Mystical, middle-earth, space rock inside your computer would be the best summation. Giga Herb's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Giga-Herbs/147297825370523

Chinese Bio:
Passport to Taiwan (http://p2tw.org/) 是目前在美國舉辦最久, 參加人數最多的台灣活動. 過去十年以來, 均在紐約最熱鬧的Union Square 廣場舉行, 吸引數萬人參加. 活動帶給紐約客及觀光客舞台表演, 美食小吃, 手工藝品等不同面向的台灣文化. 在第十一年的開始, 擴大舉辦, 與鄰近城市合作, 包括華盛頓DC 及波士頓.

影片:
http://youtu.be/NR0mgXcLocA
照片:
http://p2tw.org/gallery/

這次主辦單位P2TW將在本次活動中特別邀請董事長, 紅花樂團, 分別代表在地與流行兩種截然不同風格特色的樂團.

董事長樂團 (http://www.facebook.com/chairman.taiwan)
1997年三月成立的董事長樂團所堅持的本土、創作、搖滾、創新，並在06年以【找一個新世界】拿下了第17屆金曲獎最佳樂團獎座， 2009年再度以成軍十年第七張同時也是首張國語專輯【花光他的錢】拿下中華音樂人交流協會2008年度十大專輯，同時也入圍第20屆金曲獎最佳樂團。2011年，又以第八張專輯『眾神護臺灣』入圍第22屆金曲獎、第2屆金音獎共八項大獎，並拿下了『最佳搖滾樂團』大獎。同年兩度巡迴美加超過13個城市，造成當地僑胞空前的轟動，更在2011年9月於美國職棒大聯盟大都會棒球隊的台灣日演唱，成為台灣第一個在大聯盟演出的線上樂團。

歌曲:
http://youtu.be/73odcDgyiMo 眾神護台灣
http://youtu.be/su2u5j8vYMY 愛我你會死

紅花樂團 (http://www.facebook.com/RedFlowerBand)
新人團體紅花樂團雖然才剛出道，但歌曲卻已是耳熟能詳，曾為偶像劇《第二回合我愛你》寫主題曲《第二回合我愛你》。看似剛強的搖滾音樂，卻有著女性化的名字，他們解釋說：「花是上帝的恩母，大家就像我們的作品一樣纖細，紅色則代表剛強熱血一面，簡單來說我們就是剛強並繼。」然而四個大男孩外表看似剛強其實內心很溫柔，就像創作的歌曲一樣。

歌曲:
http://youtu.be/slRMmxKF0fw 第二回合我愛你
http://youtu.be/cqlkrGigIvY 黑夢
http://youtu.be/R-W2NmLww_0 安全感

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