The Singapore Live Music Guide 2012

So many gigs, so little time. As the concert season hits fever pitch with more international acts arriving and more local bands performing, I-S charts the ways you can get your live music fix over the next few months.

Big Mama Korean Restaurant

We really called it when we declared Tiong Bahru the next IT ‘hood last year (download our handy Tiong Bahru guide), and things don’t seem to be easing up, what with new spots like month-old Po Tea To and PS. Cafe setting up shop at the space formerly inhabited by White Canvas Gallery—irrefutable evidence that […]

Interview: Natalie Hiong for Singapore HeritageFest 2012

This former banker will be performing folk tunes at Singapore HeritageFest 2012, a showcase of tours, exhibitions and concerts on cultural diversity. She tells Chin Hui Wen how school fostered her love of music and her lack of stage fright.

Aphorism

The buzz: Not just another collectible vintage store, this is the first bona fide antiques gallery in the increasingly gentrified Tiong Bahru neighborhood. The vibe: A quaint little 35 sq. m. art space, which doubles up as owner Jean-Baptiste Oudea’s office. Reminiscent of a Parisian bourgeois apartment with a local twist, floors and walls are […]

The Siam

Inspired by Art Deco and Thai antiques, a stay at this luxury riverside resort designed by Bill Bensley is like stepping back in time (in a good way). Most of the art and antiques in the 39 rooms, villas and dotted around the four restaurants and spa actually belong to the owners, adding to the […]