Asian Percussion: Uncategorizable Mix and Cantopop Cds

asian percussion: And while you're at it, banish your memories of Sister Drum the 1995 release that was an unlikely international hit for Zhu Zheqin, the Chinese singer better known as Dadawa, according to Georgia Asian. Sister Drum wasn't a bad record, but its glossy appropriation of Tibetan folk music led to Dadawa being praised or pilloried as the Chinese Enya . Back then, the comparison might have been valid, but not anymore. Toss your Cantopop CDs out the window. Seven Days Dadawa's most recent release, finds the singer's voice as pure as ever, but her music has become an uncategorizable mix of Asian percussion sounds and sophisticated electronic processing. Before, we were always talking about Tibet, she allows. And she's now drawing on a much wider spectrum of influences, while referring specifically to her own Hunan heritage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.