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SUNSET PEAK: THE ALBUM 

Black Velvet Collective’s long-awaited first album, Sunset Peak, launched in February and is available now on Spotify. The band – core members long-time DB residents (and Picnic in the Park founders) Mark Rawson, Mark Basford and Jim Alba-Duignan – has been actively gigging in Hong Kong since 2020 and has built up a loyal following. Fans love the unique sound, which draws on British, Canadian and Irish folk music.  “Sunset Peak features songs both light… Read More »SUNSET PEAK: THE ALBUM 

21 DAYS IN HARMONY 

Struggling to imagine how to quarantine for 21 days (or even seven) with a young child? Be inspired by Francisco Garcia and his 11-year-old son Francisco Alessandro, and make music.  “My son and I were required to do the 21 days quarantine on our return from Spain,” Francisco explains. “So my wife, who had stayed in Hong Kong with our two-year-old daughter, prepared a mini music studio for us at our hotel with a few… Read More »21 DAYS IN HARMONY 

MAGIC WAND – a Life In Music

Tung Chung clarinettist, composer and conductor Colin Touchin discusses a life in music with Elizabeth Kerr  The theme to Jurassic Park, argues Lantau resident Colin Touchin, is not very good.  How’s that for a hot take? The instantly recognisable strings from one of the biggest box office hits of all time are mundane and repetitive, and not a strong musical construction according to the composer and City Chamber Orchestra Hong Kong (CCOHK) conductor. Admittedly that’s… Read More »MAGIC WAND – a Life In Music