Emma-Lee Moss: My Cantopop Nights
Singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss shares stories from her memoir about identity, Hong Kong heritage, and the power of music.
Date & Time at 7:45 PM BST
Location Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, UK
Organizer Southbank Centre
Why we picked this
A memoir about rediscovering your heritage through pop music you left behind is a story about identity told through the most honest medium we have. Moss traces Cantopop back to Hong Kong and to the person she used to be.
Emma-Lee Moss launches her first book, My Cantopop Nights: A Memoir in Songs, at the Southbank Centre. The memoir follows what happened when Moss, a British-Hong Kong singer-songwriter, began listening to Cantopop again as an adult, tracing its close harmonies and stadium-rock guitars back to Hong Kong and to a version of herself she had set aside.
Published by Jonathan Cape, the book uses music as a portal into questions of cultural identity, belonging, and the particular experience of growing up between two worlds. Moss shares stories and reflections on the songs that formed her.