It’s for you, lucky people in South Korea!! But i’m telling you, the concerts’ titles are a bit slimy..

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

Top K-pop and hip-hop stars will gather for the “Summer Big 4 Concerts,” on July 21 and 22. Promising to be one of the biggest musical events this summer, “Summer Big 4 Concerts” will be held at the Olympic Gymnasium, Olympic Park.

On July 21, the Exciting Star concert will feature performances by four of the most exciting hip-hop performers namely, Drunken Tiger, T Yoon Mi-rae, Dynamic Duo and Epik High.

Drunken Tiger, also known as Tiger JK, is one of the leading members of the Korean hip-hop scene. T, who released her solo album earlier this year, is considered a brilliant female rapper and R&B artist.

Dynamic Duo has just released their new album “Enlightened.” Epik High is one of the popular groups in Korea, with recent hits like “Fan” and “Love Love Love.”

The Fantastic Star concert features SG Wannabe, Seeya, Yangpa and new group FT Island on July 22. These four artists are known for their powerful ballads and forceful voices.

SG Wannabe is one of the most popular vocal groups today, winning over fans with their romantic songs. Seeya may be considered as the female version of SG Wannabe, but this all-girl trio also impressed many with their vocal talents.

Yangpa is back in the music scene, releasing an album “The Windows of My Soul” after a six-year absence. FT Island, whose name stands for Five Treasure Island, is one of the rising K-pop groups today. FT Island released their first album “Cheerful Sensibility” last month, and has been steadily attracting fans.

The two concerts are perhaps the most exciting event so far this summer. Special guests are also expected to appear during both.

Ticket prices for the Exciting Star concert range from 49,500 won to 71,500 won. The tickets for Fantastic Star concert range from 55,000 won to 110,000 won for VIP seats. For more information, call 1544-0737 or www.goodconcert.com.

cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

“Enjoy Korean Drama Theme Songs All At Once”The singers whose songs are featured as theme songs of popular Korean dramas will perform on one stage to sing beautiful songs.

Korea Culture & Contents Agency will introduce many popular Korean drama O.S.T., all in one concert called the “Drama Original Sounds Korea 2007″ at the Tokyo Yupoto Hall on July 10th.

On that day, the songs from “What Happened in Bali,” and “Smile Again” sung by Oh Hyun Ran, Yoon Mi Rae’s song from “Lovers in Paris”, Kim Tae Hoon’s song from “Resurrection,” JUST¡¯s songs from “Damo,” “My Lovely Sam-soon,” Howl’s songs from “Goong” and “Goong S,” Lee Ji Hoon’s songs from “Billie Jean is not my lover” and the movie “April Snow,” and others will participate in this show. Also, “Gayarang” will perform fusion music that mixed traditional Korean music with Korean pop.

This event is promoted by the Korea Culture & Contents Agency as a showcase with the purpose of having Kpop penetrate the Japanese industry. It also expects Kpop to have a solid foundation in the industry.

After the showcase is done, the participating artists will have a reception with the Japanese music industry people. In this reception, there will be a lively exchange of ideas about both Korean and Japanese music market, and the participating artists will look into the possibility and feasibility of entering the Japanese music market.

In order to increase of the backing of this even, this “Drama Original Sound Korea 2007″ concert will have the Japanese culture-affiliated organizations such as the Movie Industry Development Organization, Japan Recording Society, etc. From Korea, the Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association will be a sponsor that will also show the new potentials of the Korean cultural contents.

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Howl~ Goong S OST

Howl~ Perhaps Love Goong OST

Yoon Mi-rae finally managed to set up a concert seems like it! After her unsuccessful attempt for a charity concert with Amerie, the singer is now set to perform on July 21st for the Summer Big4 Concert with SG Wannabe, Yangpa, Psy and FT Island. The pictures are from the concert posters took at 3:00 pm on the 28th in Seoul area south of the Han river.

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Source: Newsen

There is not much of a news on this girl … except for that she performed at 7:00 p.m. on 24th in Mnet `M counts down along with bunch of other artists … (Amerie included)
click to enlarge the pic ^^

Yoon Mi-rae has returned with her third album after a four-year hiatus. “t3, Yoon Mirae” draws on the difficulties she went through as a child of an Africa American father and a Korean mother. “I’ve sung many songs, but never sung about my life. So this time, I wanted to tell my fans who I am,” she says. Her father, who was a radio DJ when serving in the U.S. Forces in Korea, provides an English voiceover. “I listened to my father’s music from when I was in my mother’s womb,” she says. “He is the one who awakened a sense of rhythm in me when I was a child. He had 30,000 LPs and threw a party almost every day. He was my music teacher, still is, and will be forever.”

Yoon displays the full range of her talents on her new album, which covers genres from hip-hop to soul and R&B. The rap she performs in songs like “Black Diamond” and “Pay Day” is thrilling. “Rapping sends audiences wild when you’re on stage. It accompanies an exciting performance and really energizes people. Singing a tune is a bit boring, I think,” she said. After all, she is the best female MC in Korea.

During her absence due to conflict with her agency, she toyed the idea of giving up. “It was so difficult to live as a musician that I often thought about giving up. But I couldn’t live without music,” she said. Being of mixed race, she is no stranger to difficulty. Yoon took a high school equivalence exam after she dropped out of school at the age of 15.

“When I came to Korea as a young girl, I had no friends and couldn’t speak Korean, so I spent most of my time in a game arcade,” she said. “The old lady who ran the arcade was my closest friend. Kids of my age only bullied me. They called me ‘negro’ and shouted ‘Yankee, go home’ at me. They told me to go back to my country with a ticket they were going to buy for me. I went to an international school, but there were only two students of African American descent including me, and I was still treated badly.”

Yoon confesses she always felt confused about her identity since she was considered neither American nor Korean nor African-American. “But to my amazement, after making my debut in the entertainment world, people treated me as just an entertainer,” she said. “I was puzzled at first, but now I’m happy about it.” When she started to work as a singer, she hid the fact that her father is an African American because her agency convinced her to do so, warning her of prejudice. “Tell them that your grandfather or grandmother was half African-American,” they advised her.

“When the success of half-Korean U.S. football player Hines Ward raised interest in mixed-race children in Korea last year, I was so furious,” Yoon said. “Were there no mixed-race children in Korea before Hines Ward? And have things changed now? No, it’s as if nothing has happened.” She herself plans to help mixed-race children in one way or another.

Yoon wants to be a musician free from obsession about success, but it isn’t easy because music is also her bread and butter. “I decided to be a musician because I love music, but as I get older there are times I have to play music for money. I want to make enough money by playing music to buy a house for my mother and treat those I love well. I hope to establish a firm reputation as a musician 10 years from now so that I can pursue music I really want to pursue without caring about the public response.”

Credits ~ Chosun Ilbo + Kpopper.com + noV@Kpop Kingdom

Official website : http://www.yoonmirae.com/

LIVE COMEBACK – T (Tasha) – EejUhNee (MBC MusicCore)

Yoon Mi-Rae(T, Tasha) @ Heart to Heart(1/3)

I couldn’t find the rest of this interview T___T

(Black Happiness) MV – Tasha(T)

Tasha (korean name- yoon mi rae) is half African American and half Korean.
as she grew up, she had a hard time searching for self identity.This is a story about a girl who’s forced to live as a stranger in Korea,enduring racial prejudice.
Credit: doolee10 2 youtube