The biggest piece of concert news this spring season is that Bob Dylan is playing Shanghai Grand Stage on April 8th--you already knew that unless you're on some type of news media fast for Lent--however, there's a lot more going on besides that especially in the Canto and Mandopop arena. Here are some big name Chinese singers to look out for these next two months.
Coming soon: A bevy of Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars in concert
Tuesday Timewaster: The ultimate Jay Chou song
Yes, we realize Jay Chou's music all sounds the same but we love him anyway. Heck, even this mashup of fifteen (FIFTEEN!) of his songs sounds pretty good to us. Where can we get the mp3?
Video: What Happy Girl Zeng Yike sounds like when sung well
One of the most controversial entrants of the new Happy Girls, the reincarnation of that uber popular Pop Idol-like show Super Girls, has been Zeng Yike.
China's top 5 music videos
China Music Radar tipped us off to a CCTV article about the Top 5 music videos playing in China right now. Stats you should know:
Taiwanese music and its influence (or non-influence) on China
British culture magazine Monocle has an interesting look at Taiwanese pop and its infiltration into the mainland. Despite the decades of turbulence between Taiwan and China, the entertainment mega-machine based out of Taipei has barely hiccuped in its flow from the island to its more than receptive audience here.
Video: Long March done Jay Chou-style
Here's an interesting mash up between a Cultural Revolution-era Long March opera and "Ninja" by Jay Chou, created - if the video's to be believed - by Lee Tang (李唐) from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Art two years back. Is the song choice supposed to be a little ironic, considering one of the parties the Long March ended just around the beginning of the second Sino-Japanese War?

