- Liu Sola
Liu Sola (Chinese: ; b.1955 in Beijing, Chinan) is a Chinese
composer ,author , and vocalist. [cite book |title=China's New Cultural Scene |last=Huot |first=Marie Claire |year=2000 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=9780822324454 |pages=p. 67 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EG76bw3y1FsC&pg=PA67&dq=%22Liu+Sola%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U2pfPNe6tTkd5NDowknkwlTxvdrUg |accessdate=2008-09-06]She has worked with
James Blood Ulmer ,Jerome Bailey ,Wu Man ,Henry Threadgill ,Umar Bin Hassan , andBill Laswell .She is influenced by Chinese folk music, though she has also studied opera, and following her love of
Otis Redding andAretha Franklin toured the Mississippi Delta studyingblues and playing with blues musicians. In the mid-80's she led an all femalepsychedelic Pink Floyd influenced band and in 1988 formed areggae band.In September 2001 she founded the New Folk Big Band in China.
Bibliography
Novellas
*"Ni Bie Wu Xuanze 你别无选择" ("You Have No Choice")（1985）
*"Blue Sky Green Sea"（1985）
*"In Search of the King Of Singers"（1986）Novels
*"Chaos And All" (1989)
*"大继家的小故事" "Small Tales of the Great Ji Family" (2000)
*（"女贞汤"）"Female Purity Soup"（2003）
*"LA GRANDE ÎLE DES" ("TORTUES - COCHONS")
*"La Piccola Storia Della Grande Famiglia Ji"Play
*"Fantasy of the Red Queen"（2006）
Discography
*"Blues in the East" (1994)
*"China Collage" (1996, with Wu Man)
*"Haunts"（1997）
*"June Snow"（1998）
*"Spring Snowfall"（2000）
*"Sola and Friends" （1999）
*"Apparitions"（2000）References
External links
* [http://www.liusola.com/ LiuSola.com]
*Harris, Craig (2008). [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gpfwxqtgldfe~T1 "Liu Sola biography"] , "AllMusic".
* [http://www.adventuredivas.com/divas/article.view?page=164 AdventureDivas.com: Liu Sola]
* [http://www.beijingscene.com/V05I002/feature/feature.htm BeijingScene.com: Red China Blues Woman] by Pan Keyin
* [http://www.asiasource.org/arts/sola.cfm AsiaSource.org: Singing the Chinese Blues: An Interview with Liu Sola] by Michelle Caswell
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