The excellent female singer Cam Ly and her male counterpart Quoc Dai on a selection of 10 pop song with Vietnamese flavours.
Sentimental songs from the mountain retreat of Dalat. 10 tracks. 1. Chao Da Lat - Thanh Pho Hoa 2. Cho Anh 3. Hoa Cho Em 4. Ben Chieu Da Lat Mua 5. Ngau Hung Da Lat Pho 6. Goi Da Lat 7. Dem Langbiang 8. Ngo Wha Ta Giac Mo 9. Dam Hoi Hoo Hong 10. Luu Luyen Da Lat Hoa Price: £13.99
Japanese release of Vietnamese pop star My Linh, this album selected as 'Album of the Year 2007' in Vietnam. She performs a kind of pop style rap and r & b, and on this album, the melodies of Mozart and other classical composers. She was invited to perform at the Asian Divas show in Japan, together with Japanese singer Yuming and Hong Kong's Sandy Lam, which brought her to the attention of the Japanese public. 1. Chat Voi Mozart (Intro) 2. Ave Maria (Bach) 3. Gio Va La Cay (Elgar) 4. Ngay Xa Anh (Tchaikovsky) 5. Mua Dong (Vivaldi) 6. Nhung Ngay Mong Mo (Schumann) 7. Som Nay Mua Xuan (A. Borodin) 8. Ve Day Thien Nga (Saint-Saens) 9. Thang 6 (Tchaikovsky)
Originally released in 2002 this is one of the Hanoi based pop star's best albums, a mix of Vietnamese with western pop. 12 tracks. 1. Em Mo Ve Anh 2. Tinh Yeu Thuc Day 3. Tro Lai Tuoi Tho 4. Co Thay Toi Tuoi 15 5. Quan Ca Phe Mua He 6. Cho Doi 7. Hat Theo Nguoi Di Tren Pho 8. Roi Anh Lai Den 9. Va Toi Van Hat 10. Hat Cho Anh 11. Buom Trang 12. Huong Ngoc Lan Price: £17.99
Originally released in 2006. 1. De Mai Duoc Gan Anh 2. Valentin 3. Nhung Giac Mo Dai 4. Detinh Yeu Hat 5. Thien Duong 6. Biet 7. Thuc Giac 8. Sang Chu Nhat Diu Dang 9. Cau Chuyen Tinh Yeu 10. Voi Anh 11. De Mai Duoc Gan Anh 12. De Tinh Yeu Hat 13. Nhung Giac Mo Dai
Latest album from the very wonderful Vietnamese pop star Cam Ly, who can also sing the central style folk songs in modern arrangements. CD plus DVD and Karaoke. Price: £17.99
Born in 1976 Dan Truong is one of Vietnam's biggest stars, both as a singer and actor. In 1996 he was propelled to stardom after winning the "Good Voice Competition". His fame has since spread to other countries in south-east Asia including Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. Essentially a pop singer, nevertheless this album possesses some strong Vietnamese flavors with dan-bao (monochord), dan-tranh (zither) and other traditional instruments over the synthesizers and western instruments. Dan Truong himself sings in a distinctly Vietnamese style, while guest vocalists include Cam Ly and Huong Lan. High quality production and one of the best recent Vietnamese contemporary pop albums.
Cam Ly was born to be a star, being the daughter of writer Nguyen Ngoc Ngan and legendary singer Khanh Ly. She is now one of Vietnam's most popular singers. She has a wonderful voice, quintessentially Vietnamese, her music peppered throughout with Vietnamese instrumentation. High quality production and packaging. A sort of more pop version of Paris based Vietnamese singer Huong Thanh. Price: £12.99
Two Vietnamese pop stars, female singer Cam Ly and male star Quoc Dai on one album. They don't sing together, just some of their songs are compiled together. They share a similar style, a kind of folk pop, typical Vietnamese melodies, great voices, Western instruments mixed with Vietnamese and some excursions into over luscious arrangements.
Good album of Vietnamese folk pop from two of the biggest stars, who even sing together a few times on this one. Big production with programmed drum beats behind soft Vietnamese instrumentation, typical Vietnamese melodies, rather over slushy and sentimental but then it's meant to be. Price: £13.99
Good CD of contemporary Vietnamese folk pop. Plenty of Vietnamese instrumentation along with the keyboards and drums with some wonderful male and female singing performances. Ballads and up-tempo tunes.
Quang Linh is a well known male pop singer, whose songs often contain Vietnamese flavors, along with jazz and other styles. Good singing, quality production. Price: £12.99
Ngoc Son is a crooner of Vietnamese pop tunes. Mostly westernized pop, with occasional Vietnamese dan bau or other instrumentation.
Compilation of some of Vietnam's current top singers. These include male heartthrob Dan Truong, female superstar Cam Ly plus Nhom Mps, Cao Thai Son, and My Le. Vietnamese pop with local flavors but mostly western influenced and instrumentation. Price: £12.99
Popular male and female singers on seperate songs. Mainly soft style ballads.
At one time, jazz was popular in Vietnam although in more recent years its popularity has declined with the onslaught of pop. Tuyet Loan has been around a long time as Vietnam's premier jazz female vocalist and on this album she sings 10 classics. 1. Easy Living 2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3. Star Dust 4. They Can't Take that Away from Me 5. The Man I Love 6. Lullaby of Birdland 7. Ebb Tide 8. The Girl from Ipanema 9. Misty 10. Route 66. Price: £13.99
