January 15, 2007
The musical traditions of Yunnan's ethnic minorities will be on display this Thursday and Friday night with performances by Huanqing, Zhang Quan and Luo Fengxue at the Yunnan Yuansheng Indigenous Music and Dance Studio. The studio is located within Chuang Ku (创库), aka The Loft, the art compound at 101 Xiba Lu.
Huanqing is from Chongqing and used to play in the rock and experimental band Another Two Comrades. Now he lives in Dali and studies ethnic instruments.
Zhang Quan is a former member of the now-defunct Beijing folk band Wild Children. Zhang was also the co-owner of the folk music venue River Bar in Beijing. He moved to Yunnan in 2003 and in 2006 he had a solo tour that passed through Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet.