Aboriginal Music Exhibition

Once again I haven't found time to write any new essays/posts on music, though I do have some fairly good excuses, and music-related ones at that. My weekly radio show has continued to take up a fair amount of my time. I did a talk/show in Changbin north of Taidong just a few days ago similar to the others I've done in the past, i.e. I talked about and played aboriginal music records and recordings from the latter half of the 20th century. I was down in the Taidong area for several days before and after the show, and spent quite a bit of time talking about music with various singers and musicians. Finally, over the early part of the month I was helping to prepare for an exhibition of aboriginal music, mostly featuring my own collection, that is opening on February 9 at the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung. This exhibition had to be put together in a fairly short time frame, so there will no doubt be things left out that shouldn't have been, and in any case it isn't as comprehensive as I might prefer - though I'll also admit to a certain reluctance to surrender too much of my collection to be exhibited for over a year in any case. Nevertheless, I think it will provide a good introduction to a neglected aspect of music in Taiwan to those who go to check it out. I may post more about it once it opens.