presents
MUSIC
WEB SITE: Recording artist,
Lyle K'ang releases his first debut album of twelve beautiful songs,
June - 2007.
Performances
Dates
Place
Arena Time
August 23, 2008 Yakima, Washington
The Train Depot Lounge
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 'Own Genre - Hawaiian Flavor'
Sept. 13, 2008 Yakima, Washington
Sarg Hubbard Park - Recovery Month Concert 12:00 noon to 6 p.m. 'Own Genre'
Pending - November, 2008 O'ahu - Kailua, Hawai'i
Clifford Kang (Private Concert)
"STYLE - the acoustic instrumentation and
clarity of sound help sell the emotion here. Especially
with the fiddle so predominate, it would probably fall into
an alternative country format, or could be considered a more classical
'rock' or Americana sound. With this
kind of acoustic arrangement, there is a lot of heart represented
here... MELODY - There is a 'drony' quality to the verse melody that is mesmerizing.
Your chorus has power... STRUCTURE - The
vocal ad libs work well as a bridge here. The instrumental work is well
done, and the overall effect sets the mood well... LYRIC - Rhymes well, Unique... there are some intriguing
lyrical moments here..."
(Craig
Streaman, Manager, A&R - TAXI The World's Leading Independent Company)
JoJo
Maria
Roberto reviews Lyle
K'ang...
Artist: Lyle K'ang
CD: Before
3003 – Peace and
Tranquility
By Jojo - Bryan Farrish Radio Promotions
" ...checked out the (INDIE-MUSIC) review
and that is so awesome!! Congrats on that....the cd sounds
great..quality & production wise...BRILLIANT! There's
a few tracks Im diggin on here...AC stations would dig this record ! Trks 1 ( Immediate
Situation), 3 ( To
Know You), 5 ( Darling),
9 ( Steppin)
but my pick track out
of all would probably be trk 12 ( How
Many Times)...
Dan MacIntosh
reviews Lyle
K'ang...
Wayne
Harada reviews Lyle
K'ang...
Eloisa Gonzalez reviews Lyle
K'ang...
Lyle K'ang (above) -
witnessess huge crowds, on tour in Pittsburg, PA. with HAiR Troupe.
YAKIMA
COUNTY
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK
Betty
McGillen,
County Clerk
Jennifer Cramer, Assistant County Clerk
YAKIMA COUNTY
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK
AND EX.OFFICIO CLERK OF SUPEPIOR COURT
Room 323 County Courthouse
Yakima, Washington 98901
(509) 575.4120
May 6, 1981
Thank
you for
accepting my invitation to sing the National Anthem
in the opening session of the County Clerk's state convention. The
conference will open July 15, 1981, at the Holiday Inn on Yakima
Avenue and 9th Street. The opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m.
with the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the National
Anthem.
TO: LYLE K'ANG
FROM: BETTY MCGILLEN
This
memo will
confirm your fee of $75.00, with you providing your
accompanist. Thank you again,
Lyle, I really appreciate you helping me to make this a successful
convention.
St.
Elizabeth Hospital
A
Concert for Patients and the Community
As
a first time
ever
program for the hospital, Lyle
K'ang, well-known throughout the community for
his lead roles in several of The Warehouse Company musicals will be the
featured artist.
He will work
with a
piano accompainment and an autoharp...
The
concert is
sponsored by the Allied Arts Council and is a part of a
community arts project funded by the Washington State Arts
Commission, LeAnn Davis, AAC executive director said.
St.
Elizabeth
Hospital's
public relations department is assisting AAC with arrangments within
the
hospital and hospital volunteers will aid in bringing
patients to the program to
be held in the cafeteria-patio room on the lower floor of the
hospital. Admission is free.
K'ang played the lead
roles in "The King and I" and the recent production of "Fantastics."
Among his credits as an actor/musician was a lead actor part in the
international touring production of "Hair" for three years, which
started as a one year contract for Lyle at the International
Hilton in Las Vegas.
LYLE K'ANG
featured
artist
SUMMITVIEW MANOR
3905 KNOBEL
AVE.
YAKIMA,
WASHINGTON
98902.
PHONE
509/966-6240
Dear
Lyle K'ang,
When we hear our residents and employees remark,
"Wasn't that
music
great?", "I think that was the nicest entertainment
we have ever had." and "He can play
any time on my
shift."--you
know
the quality of the entertainment was supurb.
Thank
you again
for
your generosity in volunteering your expertise in entertainment. Your
consideration for our residents was also very
evident in your actions. This meant so much to them also.
We would love to have you return again, if you would!
Thank you again. May God bless you in your music career.
Sincerely,
Betty Carlisle
Activity Coordinator
Nursing Care.
Residential Care. Retirement Apartments
A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO THE
CARE
OF OUR SENIOR CITIZEN
ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
110 SOUTH NINTH
AVENUE,
YAKIMA,
WASHINGTON
98902.
509-575-5000
March 25, 1981
TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN:
This is to inform you of Lyle
K'ang's well-received participation in a first-time-ever activity for patients,
area rest home residents, and
neighbors of St. Elizabeth Hospital. Lyle was the guest performer at an
hour-long concert on Wednesday, March 11, 1981. He played to a full
house in the hospital cafeteria, which is the most easily accessible
public gathering spot in our facility. A number of wheel-chair bound
patients, and residents of a near-by retirement home came to listen, in
addition several dozen hospital employees who were off-shift.
The
purpose of
the
concert was to bring the performing arts to our patients and neighbors
-- people who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to attend such
an event. The Yakima Allied Arts Council, Washington State Commission
on the Arts, and St. Elizabeth Hospital co-sponsored the event because
of the entertainment value and the positive benefits patients and
others can derive.
Based
on the
comments
of many who attended, Lyle K'ang's concert certainly exceeded these
aims. Patients and visitors alike were delighted by the talent and
skill Lyle demonstrated in the hour-long performance, in which he sang
and played the autoharp.
"His voice
was just as strong
and his delivery as good at the end of the
performance as at the beginning,"
said one
enthusiastic
visitor from a nearby
retirement home.
Lyle's
interaction
with the audience also earned high marks. He stayed after the concert
to eat dinner with several of our patients, who certainly felt this was
a highlight of their hospital stay!
Lyle's
outstanding
performance assured that hospital-based concerts for patients,
visitors, and neighborhood residents of all ages become a permanent
part of our schedule at St. Elizabeth's.
Sincerely,
Kathy O'Meara-Wyman
Director of Public Relation
REVIEWS
LYLE K'ANG
ON PAYPLAY.FM
LYLE K'ANG
BEFORE
3003
PEACE
AND
TRANQUILITY
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Lyle K'ang.
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rights reserved -
worldwide.
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LYLE K'ANG
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Dan MacIntosh reviews Lyle
K'ang...
Lyle
K'ang ~
Before 3003 – Peace and Tranquility
Posted on Sunday, December 02,
2007 @ 00:59:45 EST
Topic: Reviews |
Artist: Lyle K'ang
CD: Before
3003 – Peace and
Tranquility
Home: Yakima,
Washington
Style: Rock
Quote: "If we had more folks like Lyle
K’ang, I’m sure we would reach true peace and
tranquility long before 3003."
By Dan
MacIntosh
I
was a little surprised when I compared the CD picture of
Lyle
K’ang
with the contents within. For example, the reggae of “By the
Sea” does
not match the gray haired man in the raincoat on the front cover.
Honestly, I expected middle-of-the-road big band covers, or traditional
country at the very least. But K’ang is a philosophical
rocker,
instead, and a good one, too.
And while he knows how to rock, he doesn’t do so in a
thrash-y, punk-y,
or bludgeoningly heavy metal manner. Instead, he – to quote
an Echo
& The Bunnymen song title – does it clean. This
approach is
exemplified by “Morning Glow,” a song directed at
someone who left him
high & dry, which chugs along with stately electric guitar
groove.
“To Know You” shows another side of
K’ang’s musical personality. Over
acoustic instrumentation and sweet fiddle coloring, he sings a song
directed at parents who have lost a child. “Boy I thought you
were
buried long time ago,” he sings at one point. Unfortunately,
memories
are harder to bury than bodies.
K’ang has one of those professionally trained voices, which
makes
everything he sings come off pitch-perfect. And experience in musical
theater has prepared him for just about anything. For instance,
“By The
Sea” is followed by “Darling," which plays out like
a one-man doo-wop
track.
But songs like the opener, “Immediate Situation," express
K’ang’s muse best. K’ang titles his CD Peace
and Tranquility, but he finds it hard to be either peaceful or tranquil when the
homeless “live under a tree.” After an orchestrated
opening, this track
goes into a sharp, electric-guitar-led rock feel. Then on
“Little Boy
Joe” he sings: “Heal the world, you know if I can,
laughter is so
rare.” It’s as if to say he wishes for a better
world and hopes to be
part of that utopia, but reality gives him severe doubts about any such
peaceful and tranquil future. But to do his part, all of the proceeds
from the sale of his single, “Immediate Situation," go to
construction
funds for the homeless and veterans. Yep, he puts his money right where
is mouth is.
It’s likely Lyle K’ang’s image and music
won’t exactly seem to match
for you either. But if you give this CD a good fighting chance,
it’s
bound to grow on you. K’ang has his music and his heart in
exactly the
right place. If we had more folks like Lyle K’ang,
I’m sure we would
reach true peace and tranquility long before 3003.
Artist Website: http://www.lylemyway.com |
"Before
3003: Peace and Tranquility" by Lyle K'ang; Human Tribe Productions
MEDIA:
BY
WAYNE
HARADA
"Distinguishing
notes: I first met Lyle K'ang in the late 1960s and
early '70s, when he was selected to portray Claude in the
then-controversial and ..."
Genre: Eclectic, with folk, pop and blues
elements.
Distinguishing notes: I first met Lyle K'ang in the late 1960s and early '70s, when he was
selected to portray 'Claude' in the then-controversial and innovative
love-rock musical, "Hair."
This
CD, curiously, is his first; the songs play like fragments of his life,
written over the past three decades, with a heavy dose of the hippie
movement-suggested folk, rock and blues idiom. K'ang tackles a spectrum
of themes and see-saws from reflective to reactive, mostly to better
the world. His Island ties are the basis for " 'Til the End," where the
shores, skies and more remain a positive memory; "Darling" is a
flashback ditty about love found on Maui and the Big Island; "By the
Sea" infers that children are our future; "Little Boy Joe" is a dark
lament ("stop the killing").
Our
take: Hard to categorize this one. If
you remember K'ang, you'll get a bang out of his serenades. Claude,
updated, perhaps?"
DVD will expand effort
to aid homeless
MEDIA: YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
BY
ELOÍSA
RUANO GONZÁLEZ ...The film will also feature local homeless statistics, a draft for
the shelter
-- which the group hopes to build near the Wal-Mart store in Yakima -- and a song written by a member of
the Homeless Network who's a former Broadway musical actor/singer.
Lyle K'ang wrote the song and created music to
play
throughout the
film/video to help move more viewers, particularly business
leaders.
He
said
his lyrics describe the difficult plights of the homeless he's come
across. His
visit to Santa Monica, California inspired him to write this particular
song,
after seeing many homeless people…he is searching for a
record producer and is in contact with one...who is
interested in
this soul-touching piece of work.
And he hopes businesses will react with their
contributions to the building
and renovation fund.
Sean
Rogers, who's helping to audio engineer the music
for the film/video,
believes residents -- not government officials -- should work together
to end
homelessness.
So
the 25-year-old guitarist for a local band,
49th
Parallel, volunteered about
30 hours to help arrange and compose other instruments music for
K'ang's
lyrics. Rogers hopes the DVD will inspire people to donate money for the shelter.
"It comes down to everybody
doing their part," he said.
"It
should be up to us to take care of each other."
____
Can-Can
Lyle as
Judge Aristide (lead role), at the Warehouse Theatre.
PHOTO by Jinx Faulkner
"Can-Can"
is an apt description for the line of chorus lovelies who seem to get
away with more "cans" than "can'ts" in the Warehouse Theatre's upcoming
summer musical.
The
show
opens with a fanfare of Parisian music followed by a frivolous romp
through its nightlife.
The vibrant can-can
dancers
find themselves hauled into court from the streets of Paris. The charge
is sidewalk licentiousness.
A
wise
old judge throws the
case out of court because of lack of evidence; but the new judge,
Aristide, played by Lyle K'ang, is sure there's more to ot. In fact,
where's there smoke, there's fire.
Hot on
the trail,
Aristide follows the can-can dancers to the Bal du Paradis where the
girls work at night. The unscrupulous but glamourous owner, Pistache,
played by Martha Stadelman, invites Aristide to her office in an
attempt to bribe him.
The judge is outraged
but
discovers his emotions have more to say than he does - he has fallen
madly in love with the coquettish Pistache. Aristide finds himself
symphathzing with the can-can girls and Pistache concerning their views
about vice in Montmarte.
The court, which
sees things
differently, evicts Aristide from the bench and out of the bar because
prosecuting attorney says he's in cahoots with the can-can dancers.
Meanwhile,
...the can-can dancers and Aristide, ... have invited a raid by the
police. After being arrested the troupe goes to jury trial where
Pistache puts the dancers in fron of the jury in a marvelous dance
routine.
Everybody comes to the conclusion
that
can-can dancers will alaways be there, and obsenity is only in the eye
of the beholder.
And so as a good story
often goes,
all live happily ever after..."
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