The Wild East news staff Thursday, May 5 • 8-9pm @ The Wall, 200 Roosevelt Road, Taipei Ballots NOT Bullets, the newly minted band of lead singer Torch Pratt, Dmitry Sergeev, Fabrice Maes and “Ant”, land their first gig this Thursday – at Taipei wondervenue, The Wall. As for the band’s mission, Torch says: “We’re…
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Scott Prairie to perform @ Riverside Live House
Wild East News staff On Friday, April 29, · 8:30-10:30pm, Scott Prairie, creative artist from New York, will personally tell you the love story in his music and writing, in a concert called “Who Is Julie Ann?” Co-founder with his wife Mia Hsieh of the influential world music group A Moving Sound, this concert is…
Read moreSkaraoke: The band most likely to make Taipei party
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East I first fell in love with this band’s music in November when they played the after-party at Peacefest. Makes you wonder, ‘Who the heck is this extraordinary band, playing with such zeal and unbelievably infectious energy?’ It begged for some serious questions on the part of The Wild…
Read moreNew Zealand relief music party this weekend @Pipe in Taipei
PIPE LIVE HOUSE:PIPE 台北市思源街1號 [公館水岸 自來水博物館旁] No.1, Siyuan St. Taipei, Taiwan. See event on Facebook: Sat 26th 10.30 pm: Page Down, Pan Africana and Skaraoke Sun 27th 10.30pm: Blues Vibrations, The Looking Glass and Jindowin Mon 28th: Public Holiday and Don’t Go to Work Entry: $400nt with a free drink. Hi all:) Due to the…
Read moreMerry Little Peacefest Party@TAV, Dec. 25
This Saturday, “7pm till late”, Peacefest is sponsoring its first CHRISTMAS DINNER & MUSIC PARTY to be held at TAIPEI ARTIST VILLAGE (台北國際藝術村), #7 Beiping East Road in Taipei (two blocks east of the Taipei Main Station). Inside, outdoors, at Jason’s bar there, let’s PACK THE PLACE WITH ALL OUR FRIENDS and offer each other…
Read morePan Africana sowing the seeds of Afro-beat in Taiwan
Rankin’ Kim in ShiDa. Photo: Trista di Genova Interview with Pan Africana frontman “Rankin’ Kim” Douglas. By Trista di Genova The Wild East His voice is smooth as rum; his smile infectious and his manner at once mellow, engaging and humorous. There’s something inspirational, soothing about Kim Douglas’ very presence; in fact, it comes as…
Read moreADOGA: Rocking Taiwan
By Phillip Charlier for The Wild East ‘Adoga’ may be a mysterious word to people residing in the Wild West. The current number one result when you Google the word is American Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Association. In Taiwan, it has a very different meaning. It is the Hoklo Taiwanese word for a certain kind of foreigner and…
Read moreDeep Purple to Rock Taipei
Deep Purple Taiwan concert Taipei May 2010 Tickets are selling fast for the Deep Purple concert May 8, 2010 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall. For a 10% discount, download and fax/email this order form or use the (Chinese language) DA DA ART website. Stay up to date by visiting or joining…
Read morePeacefest spirit, gearing up
By Trista di Genova The Wild East Meeting under banyan trees in ShiDa Rd. park, organizers of this year’s Hoping for Hoping “Peacefest” gathered for the first of weekly discussions, on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Peacefest fans may be pleasantly surprised with the decision to hold this year’s music festival on mild Nov. 6-8, rather than…
Read moreTaking over Bliss: Interview with Travis Bannert
Bannert, 29, is from Edmonton, Canada. He came to Taiwan two years ago, “to get away, see Asia, similar to the situation of a lot of people here,” he says. In Canada, he was an investment banker, and “didn’t want to push paper anymore,” and managed promotion for a nightclub. In Taiwan, he taught English…
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