Local Lingo Reviews
The music is ancient and modern at the same time.
-- Financial Mail, Don Albert - May 2, 2008 more...
An ethnic fusion of enormous proportion, Chinese-American violinist Jason Kao Hwang teams with Korean Sang Won Park, who plays zithers - the bowed six-string ajeng, and the twelve-string plucked kayagum.
-- MSN Music dot com, Michael G. Nastos - March 1, 2008 more...
This is something else, not like anything I've heard before.
-- Radioholstebro dot dk, Kjell - November 30, 2007 more...
Through the 1990s, violinist Jason Kao Hwang mined an exploration of East Asian music...
-- All About Jazz, Kurt Gottschalk - November 9, 2007 more...
-- All About Jazz, Jerry D'Souza - October 4, 2007 more...
Both the locale and the ling-go of Local Lingo come across as translocal and translingual when heard as the latest words of the tale composer-violinist Jason Kao Hwangs been telling in his previous CDs, and the voice hes been training to tell it.
-- Signal to Noise, Mike Heffley - September 30, 2007 more...
Certainly, having lived in Korea for 15 years, I have some understanding of "where this is coming from I enjoyed this, & hope to hear more in the future - the CD gets a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED from us for listeners ready to experience something sonically different!
-- Zzaj Productions, Rotcod Zzaj - September 24, 2007 more...
Jason and Sang Won played a totally magical, powerful, and fulfilling set.
-- BLOG OF TAYLOR HO BYNUM, Taylor Ho Bynum - November 30, 1999 more...
Both of these men are great soloists and love to push themselves into unexpected situations. This duo blended ancient (sounding) songs with more modern improvisations and created something quite different.
-- Downtwn Music Gallery Newsletter, Bruce Gallanter - November 30, 1999 more...
Both of these men are masters of their instruments and make a very special musical connection. The Asian influence is present in many pieces but this is new modern music played at a high level.
-- Aural-Innovations, Scott Heller - November 30, 1999 more...
