Isn't His Music Lovely?? (And Isn't She Lovely Too?)

Hi everyone! I've missed this place sooo much! :-)

So here I am, just got back to Singapore from being in Taipei and Chungli the past few days, and I've fallen in love with someone's music...

I first heard about this artist here at Alive Not Dead, but I wasn't sure who he was or what he had sung before, and call me slow and all, but I was in a music store called "Rose" which was located just across the street from my hotel in Chungli, and I finally saw a few of his CDs there... but as is my usual pattern of buying behaviour, I didn't get any of his CDs... though I did recall the thought going thru' my mind that if I didn't buy them now, I might regret it later... instead, loyal as ever, I decided to pick up a "San Jiao Cool" CD and placed this artist's CD back on the shelf (OK, I hear giggles of pleasure coming from the Machi folks now).

But yeah, just as I expected, I visited YouTube a few moments ago to check out some of his songs, and I was pretty much blown away by it all... and then I realised that I had missed his coming to Singapore as well... so as it always seems to be with me and all those good artists whose amazing works I admire... once again, I've fallen for this artist's works at a later time than all those "early bird" admirers.

So who on earth am I just going on and on about here??

Just watch this music video, and let him blow you away with his "Love Song", his music and his voice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYXks2xFzpA

I had first heard Khalil Fong's "Love Song" being sung by another AnD artist, Tay Kewei. She had also sung "Su Li Zhen" before, which is another incredible song by Khalil Fong.

A little bit about Kewei and how I got to know about her... I was attending a David Tao concert, my second one to date, and Kewei was in his show as one of his background vocalists. She played the erhu that night, and even dueted with him onstage in place of Jolin Tsai who had previously dueted with David Tao on the same track entitled, "Marry Me Today".

Other than being the background vocalist for David Tao, Kewei has also sung background vocals for A-Mei, JJ Lin and Wang Lee Hom. She has performed as an artist in her own right back home in Singapore at various clubs. She sings, plays guitar and keyboards. Kewei has performed at various corporate events and public events, and in venues like the Esplanade. She was recently the guest artist, singing with the Singapore Philharmonic Winds.

Kewei would like to cut her own album some day, and instead of just waiting for record labels to come looking for her, she has decided to take the reins herself and she has gone ahead to start recording her album on her own.

Well, without saying too much more, Kewei has very kindly allowed me to share her video clips with you here in my AnD blog, so here are her versions of Khalil Fong's songs, the way I first heard them being sung... I thought her voice was incredibly sweet in these songs... this is Kewei singing Khalil's "Love Song", together with her friend, Ein who plays the keyboards here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX9A73DX6qs

As I mentioned earlier, Kewei also sang "Su Li Zhen",,, and that's how I first got to know about this song... of course, at the time I heard it, I didn't know who the original artist was, only that Kewei had sung this song... once again, here's Kewei with Ein on the keyboards...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYEFMNmAqE

In case you're wondering, Kewei really did get to sing with Khalil for real... I love this sweet duet that they had recorded on an impromptu basis while on a radio show... check this out, Khalil and Kewei singing "Su Li Zhen" together... lovely stuff! :-)

http://taykewei.blogspot.com/2008/04/khalil-and-kewei-duet.html

Khalil Fong is otherwise known as Fang Da Tong, and apparently, he already has 3 CD albums out, but I've only just really gotten into him now.

Let me share a few more of my favourite Khalil songs with you... this song is called "Ai Ai Ai" (English Translation: "Love Love Love"), and this is one of his award-winning songs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO9qWDPeU8o

I have to admit I don't know much about Khalil Fong, so don't ask me about his background, profile or biodata, all I know is that his music is just heavenly, so I'm just gonna let his music do all the talking... here's more to feast your ears on... "Su Li Zhen" by Khalil Fong... hear it the way he had originally sung it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaKnOaZjP0g

Another of my favourites, "Gou Bu Gou" (English translation: "Enough or Not Enough") by Khalil Fong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZLoOJSc3rc

And as if that isn't enough, check out this clip of Khalil Fong singing Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely?"... I think this is one of the most decent performances of the song that I have ever heard...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6kD5gEIx4

So what do you think of Khalil Fong? And what do you think of Tay Kewei?

Quite the talented dude, eh? And quite the talented lass, huh? :-)