Chinese Music

Will be in San Francisco in June for a few days. Looking for a few Traditional Chinese music CD %26#39;s. Ant thoughts?

Chinese Music

You%26#39;ll find stuff for sale all over Chinatown. There are a lot of little hold-in-the-wall places that aren%26#39;t traditional music stores, sometimes books and music, sometimes this-and-that and CDs. Most of what is available is contemporary, like the 12 Girls Band from China, playing traditional instruments, but you may find some classics.

Eastwind Bookstore, on the corner of Stockton Street and Columbus Avenue may be worthwhile looking into.

Chinese Music

I know there%26#39;s a few stores on Grant Street. One (or two) is between Broadway and Pacific Street, while I think the other one is between Clay and Washington Street. If I remember correctly, one of the two between Broadway and Pacific Street is a bootleg music store. There also is one on Broadway between Powell and Stockton Street. I%26#39;m not sure if these stores sell traditional Chinese music, but I know for sure they sell current Chinese music, but you can check it out to see if they sell traditional music. And it%26#39;s been awhile since I%26#39;ve tagged along with my friends when they go and buy Chinese CDs, so I can%26#39;t say for certain if those stores are still there.

The previous poster jogged some memories.

Grant Avenue will likely have some. As I recall, when I was searching for an ink box for brush painting one time, there is a store upstairs that also has CDs. You have to go into the stores that carry ';traditional'; kinds of art or for that matter, any art. Sometimes they are playing music and you can ask about it. I think the last time I was there, I really liked something I heard, but I can%26#39;t remember why I didn%26#39;t buy it right then.

Eastwind, I forgot to mention, was started by a Chinese American in the years after Nixon ';opened'; China in 1972. The idea was to provide information for those trying to learn more about China, so that included language books and, of course communist magazines and the People%26#39;s Daily. That was the late 70s and 80s. It also carried more traditional stuff that bridged what people here knew with contemporary China. Things have changed quite a bit since then, and Eastwind%26#39;s founder died recently, I understand, but I%26#39;m sure it%26#39;s kept up with the times.