Li Wan's "Five Years Down the River" Nanjing University Press 29 yuan

This is a collection of music reviews written by Li Wan between 2001 and 2005. Most of the people being evaluated are domestic musicians. Including Cui Jian, Dou Wei, Pu Shu, Xu Wei, Wang Feng, Ling Dian, Wang Lei, Ding Wei, Gao Xiaosong, Huang Zhan, Faye Wong, Qi Yu, Su Rui, Luo Dayou, Zhang Yusheng, Teresa Teng, Feng Feifei, Huang Shujun and other musicians of the previous generation. More are like Hu Mo Ge, Zuo Xiaocuo, Dili, pk14, Zhang Qianqian, Wu Hongfei, Supermarket, Trojan Horse, Hu Zi, Hong Qi, Wild Child, Wonderful Drug Store, The Circus on the Roof, Ruins, Sand, and the Gate of Non , Secondhand Rose, these new bands/artists. When talking about the current state of pop music, the names of Jay Chou, Wang Leehom, Tao Zhe and others will be mentioned.

When discussing these musicians, the author will simultaneously comment on the current music situation and issues, and also review his listening experience of 6,000 records over the past twenty years, as well as the changes in our music environment.

There is too much content, I just flipped through it quickly. If you are like me and just want to know which new powers are worth listening to, just read the last article: "Those Crackling in the Dark Night" "Voice"

Li Wan's "Folk Ballads" Jiangsu People's Publishing House 48 yuan

The cover of the book reminds me of a book "Scarred Flowers Bloom" written by Hao Fang. This book classifies folk songs by region: British folk songs, Celtic folk songs, American folk songs, Canadian folk songs, Latin American folk songs, and Brazilian music. But at present, I can only translate American folk songs, and at most Canadian folk songs, because I don’t know that those musicians are from Canada, and I thought they were from the United States.

The range of folk songs here becomes wide, for example, in the American folk section, from the early Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, to the transitional period The Kingston Trio, Journey Man, to the 60s The urban folk songs of the era Phil Ochs, Simon & Garfunkel, Joan Baez, to the folk Bob Dylan, Joan Baez to the folk rock Bob Dylan, The Byrds, C.S N.Y to the psychedelic rock The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, to the songwriter Tim Buchley, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Suzanna Vega, Tori Amos in the 1980s, P. J. Harvey in the 1990s, Dido blue-collar rocker Bruce Springsteen are all introduced and commented on by the author here as the sphere of influence of folk music. For backward bands such as Nirvana, Crash, and Sonic Youth, the author also examined the folk elements in their music.

I can only see American folk songs now, and I hope to be interested in other parts in the future.