#asian musicians
Malaysia seems to be doing good business in female indie singer-songwriters with soulful voices and charming folk/jazz/pop songs. Bihzhu was born in Penang and is the stage name of Nicole Foo. You can listen to her music by clicking on the source link above.
(For Handsome Asians of a similar description, see: Zee Avi and Yuna.)
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Famous Laotians / Alisa Xayalith
Known for being the lead singer of the renowned Indie electro band “The Naked and the Famous”, Alisa Xayalith is a Laotian from New Zealand. Her father, a former political refugee, as well as her mother, fled from post-Vietnam War Laos to Auckland, New Zealand. Eventually, Alisa formed the band with co-vocalist and guitarist Thomas Powers in 2008 while at music college while recording with Aaron Short.
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Lightning Bug is the moniker of New York-based musician Audrey Kang, who started out playing music with her group of best friends as part of a personal, private project. She eventually chose to release the music she made online, and although she lacks presence on social media, she managed to gain a small yet loyal following through her SoundcloudandBandcamp profiles. In late January, she released Floaters, her first full-length album, and a few days later, played her first show as Lightning Bug at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. With Floaters, Kang experiments with a number of genres, including dream pop (”Lullaby No. 2″, “Gaslit”), shoegaze (”Luminous Veil”), and noise pop (”Labyrinth Song”). She even sneaks in a short, classically-inspired piano solo (”The Sparrow”) and an acoustic-guitar driven track (“Real Love”). Despite the variation in style throughout, Floaters still feels cohesive– largely due to the combination of the softness of Kang’s voice and the atmospheric qualities of the soundscapes that she and her friends create.
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