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Jason Kao Hwang / Sang Won Park
Jason Kao Hwang / Sang Won Park: Local Lingo
by Jerry D'Souza
For a collaborative effort to be successful the protagonists need to be antagonists as well. A similar vision helps, but a divergent focus creates tension. Jason Kao Hwang (violin) and Sang Won Park (kayagum, ajeng, voice) have shown this over the sixteen years they have collaborated. Among their projects was the quartet, Far Eastside Band, which recorded The Urban Archealogy (Victo, 1996) and Caverns (New World Records, 1994). This time they work as a duo
Hwang uses several styles in ...
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