Hu Te-fu, or Kimbo, is sometimes called the "father of Taiwan's folk music movement," which swept college campuses in Taiwan in the 1970s and 1980s. Kimbo got his start singing at the Columbia Cafe in the Columbian embassy (back when Taiwan and Columbia still had diplomatic relations in the 1970s). From there he met Lee Shuang-tze and other musicians who had started the "Sing Your Own Songs" campaign, encouraging local artists to write their own music. Kimbo derived his inspiration from his childhood, from the beautiful land of Taiwan's aborigines and f… read more
Hu Te-fu, or Kimbo, is sometimes called the "father of Taiwan's folk music movement," which swept college campuses in Taiwan in the 1970s and 1980s. Kimbo got his start singing at the Columbia Cafe in the Columbian embassy (back when Taiwan and Columbia still had diplomatic rel… read more
Hu Te-fu, or Kimbo, is sometimes called the "father of Taiwan's folk music movement," which swept college campuses in Taiwan in the 1970s and 1980s. Kimbo got his start singing at the Columbia Cafe in the Columbian embassy (back when Taiwan and Columbia still had diplomatic relations in the 1970s). From there he met Lee Shuang-tze and other musicia… read more