Coreyah: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Presented by npr music
Premiere: June 30th, 2020

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Set List

  • "Till the Dawn"

  • "Yellow Flower"

  • "Good Dreams"

Musicians

Ham Boyoung (vocal)

Kim Dong Kun (daegeum, sogeum, tungso)

Kim Cho Rong (percussion, chulhyungeum)

Kyungyi (percussion)

Ko Jaehyeon (guitar)

Na Sunjin (geomungo)* (Park Dawool in this video)

There are few band across the world that so expertly meld classic, traditional instruments and vocalization with entirely modern ones as Coreyah. Indeed, their new breed of music breaks the barrier between the traditional and the contemporary. This sextet group Coreyah’s unique freewheeling, polystylistic vision of Korean traditional music combines various world music heritages, such as Anglo-American rock, Balkan gypsy, and a variety of musical genres from South America and Africa.

Since their 2010 debut, Coreyah has been expanding its musical domain by actively blurring the distinction between old and new. In 2011, they won the grand prize at a new Korean music competition called “Cheonchamanbyeol (all kinds of music) Concert” hosted by BukchonChangwoo Theater, and were selected for “Tune Up,” an esteemed granting program. The following year, Coreyah proved that traditional Korean music could attract just as much attention as flashy rock, when they reached the top 16 on KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)’s “Top Band II,” a band survival show. They then went on a four European country-tour, and in 2013, Coreyah received the highest mark at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. They continue to delight audiences at home and abroad.

For more information about Coreyah, please visit http://sori.nyc/coreyah.

npr music Credits

Producer: Bob Boilen; Audio Mastering Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Video Producer: Maia Stern; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

Taehyun Hwang