Yang Xiao-lin

January 26, 2004

Yang Xiao-lin | I Take You There |Hugo | Hong Kong

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After a few spins I found myself enjoying this album. Yang Xiao-ling takes classic folk songs from China, Japan and Indonesia and resets them in contemporary arrangements. It's the kind of music you might hear at a hip teahouse in Hong Kong or Taipei, mellow but not too sappy. It's Chinese chill-out music--just pass the oolong tea and licorice watermelon seeds.