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Yeahwon Shin

As one of the most in demand session musicians in Korea, Yeahwon Shin has had the opportunity to perform with great musicians such as Kevin Hays, Jeff Ballard, George Garzone, Ben Street, and Egberto Gismonti. Yeahwon is beginning to establish herself as one of the most versatile vocalists on the music scene today. Inspired by the sounds of Brazilian, classical and jazz music, Yeahwon Shin is a new vocal artist with clearly a lot to say.

Yeahwon's musical journey began in the suburbs of Seoul, South Korea where her musical talents first showed at the early age of five. In 1999, although never having taken any formal vocal lessons, Yeahwon applied to the Dong-Duk music university. Kwang Min Kim, a well-known jazz pianist in Korea and also a judge on the audition panel, talked about her on a radio show. He said that when he listened to her, her singing was so beautiful, it brought tears to his eyes.

In 2005, Shin moved to New York to extend her musical studies and attended the New School University Jazz and Contemporary program. She graduated with honors in December of 2006. And since has been sharing her talent by collaborating with very well known musicians and performing at various music festivals.

In October 2009 Yeahwon was invited to join ArtistShare and is preparing her first fan-funded record release in the summer of 2010. Her untitled record will feature some of the best musicians around the globe and give her fans an amazing opportunity to participate in the record's creation.

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Album Review

Yeahwon Shin: Lua Ya

Read "Lua Ya" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Piccolo capolavoro di minimalismo vocale (ma anche strumentale), quest'opera seconda della giovane cantante coreana (dopo Yeahwon, del 2010, dedicato al Brasile e come tale insignito di una nomination al Latin Grammy) si muove lungo la sottile linea che va dal duetto, alternativamente con i suoi due dirimpettai, al trio, suo traguardo massimo. Il canto di Yeahwon Shin, acuto e quasi infantile, si avvicina spesso al puro soffio, al sibilo, all'evocatività lieve e cantilenante della berceuse. Ciò dà ...

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Yeahwon Shin e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Yeahwon Shin e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica Yeahwon Shin: Non so esattamente come rispondere a questa domanda. Quello che posso dire è che cerco sempre di essere onesta e sincera con la musica. AAJ La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Y.S. Ammiro la loro capacità di calarsi immediatamente e completamente nella musica, senza paura di rivelarsi per quello che sono. Sento chiaramente la loro onestà, e questo ...

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Yeahwon Shin: Lua Ya

Read "Lua Ya" reviewed by John Kelman


Korean-born now New York-resident singer Yeahwon Shin leaves the largely Brazilian-informed repertoire of her 2010 ArtistShare debut, Yeahwon, behind for a most worthy return to her roots with Lua Ya, her ECM debut that, released late in the summer of 2013, is still worthy of a look as the new year begins. Featuring, on a few tracks, accordionist Rob Curto, Lua Ya is largely a duo recording with pianist Aaron Parks, whose own ECM leader debut, Arborescence, has already made ...

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Yeahwon Shin: Yeahwon

Read "Yeahwon" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes


On her debut recording, New York-based Korean singer Yeahwon Shin takes on a demanding set of tunes, mostly based on compositions by Brazilian songwriters Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dorival Caymmi, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento and Ary Barroso. She opens with “Chovendo Na Roseira" (known in English as “Double Rainbow"), singing in Portuguese with an original arrangement loosely based on the Jobim/Elis Regina version that appeared on Elis & Tom (1974, Verve). She follows that with Nascimento's “Travessia," singing in almost whispered ...

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Recording

Yeahwon Shin pairs with Egberto Gismonti

Yeahwon Shin pairs with Egberto Gismonti

Source: Clay Wilson

Yeahwon Shin's debut ArtistShare project “Yeahwon," has brought much acclaim from her fans worldwide and as such it is no surprise that the project continued selling participant offers up to the last minute. Yeahwon teams up with Egberto Gismonti, Mark Turner, Kevin Hays, Ben Street, and Jeff Ballard to share her personal reflections on Brazilian classics. Tracks such as Na Baixa do Sapateiro, Aquarela do Brasil, and Chovendo Na Roseira show Yeahwon's incredible talent through both her singing and arranging. ...

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Yeahwon Shin Showcases Her Brazilian Influences With "Yeahwon"

Yeahwon Shin Showcases Her Brazilian Influences With "Yeahwon"

Source: Clay Wilson

On her debut ArtistShare fan-funded release, Yeahwon Shin teams up with Egberto Gismonti, Mark Turner, Kevin Hays, Ben Street, and Jeff Ballard to share her brilliant renditions of Brazilian classics. Yeahwon's arrangements of these tunes set out to uplift the listeners spirits and she certainly succeeds. The brilliants versions of Na Baixa do Sapateiro, Aquarela do Brasil, and Chovendo Na Roseira among the other compositions featured on “Yeahwon" show the immense depth of Yeahwon's vocal stylings and arranging skills. To ...

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On Her ArtistShare Release, Yeahwon

On Her ArtistShare Release, Yeahwon

Source: DL Media

U.S. DEBUT FEATURES STELLAR GROUP OF MUSICIANS: BEN STREET, JEFF BALLARD, KEVIN HAYS, CYRO BAPTISTA, MARK TURNER AND EGBERTO GISMONTI, AMONG OTHERS Korean vocalist Yeahwon Shin is proud to release her self-titled debut U.S. recording, Yeahwon, on ArtistShare®. Inspired by the sounds of Brazilian music and jazz, the album features Yeahwon in collaboration with a host of today's most versatile and forward-thinking musicians: bassist Ben Street, drummer Jeff Ballard, pianists Kevin Hays and Alon Yavnai, percussionists Cyro Baptista, Valtinho Anastacio, ...

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Yeahwon Shin partners with Egberto Gismonti on "Yeahwon"

Source: Clay Wilson

Yeahwon Shin's knowledge of Brazilian music has impressed Korean audiences for some time and now for her fans around the world, Yeahwon has teamed up with Egberto Gismonti, Mark Turner, Kevin Hays, Ben Street, and Jeff Ballard to create “Yeahwon." This project showcases her intimate understanding of the music through originals, traditional Brazilian compositions, and Korean songs arranged in a Brazilian style. To preview four tunes from Yeahwon's first fan-funded project through ArtistShare, simply redeem your certificate log in number ...

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A New Way of Making Music: Artistshare Introduces New Jazz Singer Yeahwon Shin's CD Project

A New Way of Making Music: Artistshare Introduces New Jazz Singer Yeahwon Shin's CD Project

Source: All About Jazz

ArtistShare is very pleased to announce the latest fan-funded project by singer Yeahwon Shin. In this exciting new project, Yeahwon will be unfolding her musical world for listeners by fusing jazz and Brazilian music--one of those experiences include her past collaborations with legendary Brazilian artist Egberto Gismonti who had the following to say about her, “I really appreciated the delicacy and phraseology in her singing...I invited her to perform together during the night concert at the Incheon Jazz Festival. It ...

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Lua Ya

ECM Records
2014

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Lua Ya

ECM Records
2013

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Yeahwon

ArtistShare
2011

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Yeahwon

ArtistShare
2010

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