Chinese name 刀郎 Years active 2001 – present Occupation Singer Spouse Zhu Xiaomei | Role Singer Pinyin Name Dao Lang | |
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Influences Inspiration from Western China Albums 天山情歌, The First Snows of 2002 Similar People Alan Tam, Cui Jian, Chyi Chin, Phoenix Legend, Penny Tai | ||
love song of the west sea singer dao lang
Dao Lang (Chinese: 刀郎; pinyin: Dāo Láng, born June 22, 1971) is the stage name of Luo Lin (Chinese: 罗林; pinyin: Luó Lín), a Chinese singer from Sichuan, China.
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- love song of the west sea singer dao lang
- Biography
- Awards
- Studio albums
- Remix albums
- Best albums
- References
Biography
Dao Lang's CD, 2002年的第一場雪 (The First Snows of 2002), 2002 Niande Diyi Chang Xue in pinyin, released in 2003, made him an instant star in China. He sang with Alan Tam on the debut "Can't Say Goodbye" (說不出的告別). His other albums include 2001's Songs from the Western Region (see the external link below).
Dao Lang has toured the Chinese cities of Chengdu, Chongqing, and Xi'an, as well as the autonomous region of Tibet for more than four years as a young bar-hopping musician (see external link). He has been called the "Wang Luobin of the 21st century" and has performed modern rock adaptations of several of Wang Luobin's Western China-inspired folk songs, such as "Awariguli" (a Xinjiang Uyghur folk love song), "Flowers and Youth" (pinyin: Hua'er Yu Shaonian, a Hui Muslim song), and "At a Faraway Place" (pinyin: Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang", a song from western China's Qinghai). He has also performed modern adaptations of such renowned old Chinese folk songs as "The Grapes of Turpan are Ripe" (pinyin: Tulufan De Putao Shu Liao) and the famous revolutionary song "Nanniwan".
Awards
Dao Lang is considered by Beijing Music Society in 2002 the best pop singer and artist of the year (source:www.BeijingMusicSociety.cn) the only two young artist that had received this honor are Cui Jian in 1987 and Huang Yujie in 2008.