Ipoh Music Symposium set to crank up 1960s 'Pop Yeh Yeh' volume


Music is one of the integral topics at the Ipoh Music Symposium’s '1960s Pop: Emulation, Revolution And Legacy' edition in Ipoh, Perak on Oct 21-23. Photo: Naza Mohamad

The Ipoh Music Symposium annual series in the state capital of Perak returns as an on-site event from Oct 21-23 with the theme 1960s Pop: Emulation, Revolution And Legacy (Pop 1960-an: Emulasi, Revolusi Dan Legasi).

The focus for this latest edition of the Ipoh Music Symposium is a look back at pop culture, music, film and fashion from the 1960s in Malaysia (and Singapore).

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