Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Recording: Mingjia & Strings

Artist: Mingjia & Strings

Song: Friend

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Long Winter 8.1), November 22, 2019.

Mingjia & Strings - Friend

I've seen vocalist Mingjia Jessica Chen performing in a few different contexts (mostly mixing songs to one degree or another with composed/"art" music) but this configuration saw her in a more straightforwardly "pop" setting, her voice and keyboard backed by a string quartet. Perhaps even more than on last year's EP, this stripped-back presentation gives the songs both an intimate directness and lush chamber-pop expansiveness.

[Long Winter is back on Saturday (January 11th) with a night of art and music at The Gladstone, including performances from Korea Town Acid, Boosie Fade, Kiwi jr., BBQ Pope, No Frills, Ian Daniel Kehoe, Nailbiter, Joseph Shabason, Robin Hatch and Ichi-Bons.]

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