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Evolution of K-pop Series – 1950’s and 1960’s

March 4, 2015March 11, 2015 Kalbi Pop culture, Pop music add4, godfather of Korean rock, k-pop, key boys, kim sisters, korean culture, korean rock music, lee mi-ja, patti kim, pearl sisters, shin joong hyun

Tomorrow (5 March 2015) is the Jeongwol Daeboreum (Great Full Moon Festival) in South Korea. Wishing you a happy Jeongwol Daeboreum! If you wish to know about the rituals and celebration events related to Jeongwol Daeboreum, you can read my blog post dated 2 March 2015.

In this blog post, I will continue with the Evolution of K-pop Series and talk about the K-pop in the 1950’s and 1960’s. This period was heavily influenced by Western pop music and some Korean singers who performed well in Western pop music even went overseas to give shows. Continue reading →

Evolution of K-pop Series – An overview

February 25, 2015March 11, 2015 Kalbi Pop culture, Pop music exo, fin.k.l., g.o.d., gangnam style, girls' generation, H.O.T., idol group, immortal songs, k-pop, korean culture, patti kim, pearl sisters, psy, reply 1994, s.e.s., sechs kies, seo taji & boys, shin joong hyun, shinwa, SM Entertainment, super junior, trot

When talking about K-pop (케이팝 – Korean pop music), you may think of the songs sung by K-pop idol groups like Girls’ Generation, EXO, Super Junior, etc. However, if you watch the variety show, Immortal Songs (불후의 명곡), and the Korean drama “Reply 1994” (응답하라 1994), you may hear names like Shin Joong-hyun, Pearl Sisters, Patti Kim, Seo Taji & Boys and many other names who contributed to the development of the present-day Korean pop music. Looking at the evolution of the K-pop can help us better understand the characteristics of the present-day K-pop music and also gives us a chance to appreciate the K-pop music of the past, which is still very nice to listen to. So, I will start a blog post series on the evolution of K-pop. Continue reading →