Joanna Wang 王若琳

Sony BMG markets Joanna Wang (王若琳) as Taiwan's answer to Japan's Ono Lisa and America's Norah Jones. Probably with a warm cup of coffee or tea, her voice can be chicken soup for the soul, for it just reaches inside, penetrating the heart instantly. There's an honest sound to the musical notes that come out of her - no bling, no NutraSweet; just the voice of a very old soul from the body of a 19 year-old girl. She really is quite something. She already sounded like this when she was 16. Listen for yourself. Watch for yourself.

Sony BMG將她行銷成台灣的小野麗莎，Norah Jones
邊聽，邊喝杯熱的，她的歌聲就很可能變成心靈的雞湯，直達心裡的最深處
歌聲裡沒有任何包袱，不勉強，不甜膩，無添加，真的很真實
這樣的聲音，聽起來像個老靈魂，但她卻只有19歲
她真的非常特別，16歲的時候就這個樣子了
自己聽聽，看看，就知道了

She is Taiwanese, but seems to have been raised in the US, so the pronunciation in the English songs, which make up most of the album, is perfect. From what I read, her father Bing Wang (王治平) is a renowned music producer in Taiwan, so she grew up with all kinds of music around her and an impressive extended family of top musicians, including pop stars like David Tao (陶喆).

她是台灣人，不過看來是在美國長大，所以歌裡的英文發音都完全標準
看網路寫，她的爸爸是台灣知名音樂製作人王治平，所以她的成長環境充滿了各式各樣的音樂，身邊周遭也都是名人音樂家，包括流行音樂明星陶喆

With her singing and composing abilities, background and English and Mandarin skills, I hope she will be a cross-cultural, international success not just in Asia, but also in the US and Europe as well.

能如此寫作和唱歌，加上她的背景和中英語能力，希望她能夠橫跨國際和文化，紅遍不只亞洲華人區，還有歐美國家

I'm going to see if FTV will let me do a story or two on her, although I've been warned that my success rate will be low, unless the subject is signed to FTV or is a musical activists associated with the DPP. But so long as FTV is a DPP-affiliated, grassroots TV station, I don't think they'll be very interested.

我想來看看民視願不願意讓我做幾條新聞來幫她
不過已經有人跟我打了預防針，提醒我民視除了自己的藝人或跟民進黨有關的民主音樂家，基本上是很難的
跟一個偏綠的草根電視台講走出台灣，放眼國際的事情，好像有點困難

(album cover via KKBOX)