Inside China's alternative music scene
A series of reports from Changsha and Wuhan on their rock, punk, jazz and hip hop scenes
Buddhist folk and pyrotechnics: Emmy the Great on a musical sojourn in China
I spent four weeks in Xiamen, southern China, interviewing people and incorporating their stories into my new album. Here’s what I learned …
Punk, jazz and hip-hop are alive and well in China’s underground scene
Despite little money, a dearth of promoters and the threat of police clampdowns, Tim Jonze discovers a thriving independent scene in the cities of Changsha and Wuhan
What's driving Beijing's indie boom?
China’s alternative music scene is exploding. But with few labels to support it, festivals and corporate sponsorship are stepping in to fuel the revolution
Champagne and grit: the two sides of Shanghai’s club scene
Show-off culture dominates clubland in China’s biggest city, but it’s also helped fuel an underground scene riling against the bottle-popping beautiful people
Meet Wu Wei, China's original punk rocker
As frontman of SMZB, Wu Wei has been at the forefront of Chinese punk since the scene first started ... and he’s got the tapped phone lines to show for it, writes Tim Jonze
Onion jokes and unruly drummers: Arun Ghosh picks his Wuhan music highlights
Jazz clarinetist Arun Ghosh has been in the Chinese city of Wuhan for five weeks, collaborating with local musicians as part of the British Council’s Musicians in China Residencies programme. In this guest post, he relives the highlights
How one rock’n’roll venue transformed Wuhan’s alternative music scene
Vox Livehouse is more than just a gig venue: it’s the epicentre of the alternative scene in Wuhan, China, providing support and direction for emerging artists, writes Tim Jonze
Clarinets and rain: Arun Ghosh embraces Wuhan's punky music scene
In the Chinese city of Wuhan, jazz clarinetist Arun Ghosh has been collaborating with local post-rock and punk musicians with startlingly original results
A tale of two jazz men: how a Chinese city got its own jazz festival
Jazz was pretty much eradicated in China during the Mao era, which meant starting a jazz festival in Changsha was a challenge for Mr Chen and Funky
Pig’s brains and karaoke: Sam Genders picks his Changsha music highlights
Sam Genders of Diagrams has been in the Chinese city of Changsha for five weeks, collaborating with local musicians as part of the British Council’s Musicians in China Residencies programme. In this guest post, he relives the highlights
Ye Xiao: Changsha’s musical whiz kid
Ye Xiao is the guitar god from Hunan province who’s acting as the liaison between Chinese and western music scenes. He tells Tim Jonze how, despite his mum, he learned to love heavy metal
New kids on the C-Block: meet the stars of Changsha’s local hip-hop scene
In our second insight into China’s music scene, Tim Jonze immerses himself in the rap world, lead by Changsha’s hottest rap group C-Block
Balloons, stinky tofu and a brass band: Changsha's indie-rock scene after dark
In the first dispatch from China, Tim Jonze joins Sam Genders of Diagrams for an impromptu gig – complete with Pete Doherty posters
