Awesome Luna Lee

We’ve always enjoyed listening to Luna Lee’s interpretations of popular songs played on the gayageum. Her nuanced performance of Prince’s 1984 hit Purple Rain gave us chills like the original, milking the vibrato and adding a modern edge to the ancient Korean string instrument with a heaping helping of distortion.

Musician Luna Lee turns in another great performance on her gayageum, letting her fingers fly across all 18 strings with a cover of the Bob Marley and the Wailers classic I Shot the Sheriff. Luna’s brings a whole new flavor to the track through her expressive improvisation skills.

We’ve been following musician Luna Lee and her outstanding Korean-style arrangements of popular tunes for some time. Along the way, we missed one of her best covers ever, this 2016 performance of the Foo Fighters 1997 hit Everlong. She really rocked this one out with those layered gayageum tracks.

The rock group Heart is known for its memorable melodies, awe-inspiring vocals, and killer guitar riffs. While Luna Lee’s gayageum version of Crazy on You has us missing Ann Wilson’s powerful lead vocals, it’s still a fantastic cover version.

What’s better than one of Luna Lee’s gayageum covers of popular music? A medley of five of them in a single video. The tracks include CCR’s Have You Ever Seen The Rain, John Lennon’s Imagine, George Michael’s Careless Whisper, Chicago’s 25 or 6 to 4, and Led Zeppelin’s Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.

We’ve always loved the Johnny Cash song Ring of Fire. While the original version will always be a classic, we have to say that Luna Lee’s cover version played on the gayageum sounds great, replacing the mariachi-style trumpets with an Asian-flavored country twang.

Every time we post a video by Luna Lee, we’re simply wowed by her ability to transform classic rock songs. This time, she took on the 1970 Chicago track 25 or 6 to 4, which also happens to be one of our favorite songs of all time. We’re happy she left the horn section alone though.

We always enjoy the twangy sounds of the Korean instrument known as the gayageum. Musician Luna Lee once again demonstrates her skills on the strings with a great multi-track cover version of Pink Floyd’s 1975 classic Wish You Were Here.

Musicians Luna Lee and Han Oh teamed up to record an excellent cover version of the Stealers Wheel classic Stuck in the Middle, melding traditional asian sounds with ’70s folk rock. Of course, we can never hear this song without thinking of Reservoir Dogs.

Musician Luna Lee once again makes the strings of her gayageum sing, this time with an excellent cover version of Coldplay’s Y2K track Yellow. We’re always in awe of the nuanced vibrato she’s able to produce with her instrument.

Musician Luna Lee knocks it out of the park with this cover version of Dire Straits classic Sultans of Swing, capturing the energy and nuances of Mark Knopfler’s original lead guitar, while applying the inimitable sounds of her ancient Korean string instrument.

Musician Luna Lee is here to brighten our day with another unique gayageum cover – this time taking on Echo and the Bunnymen’s brilliant 1984 track The Killing Moon. We bet she could pull off a mean version of Bedbugs and Ballyhoo.

Musician Luna Lee is back to play us another wonderful interpretation of a rock and roll tune, this time taking on the 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival track Have You Ever Seen the Rain. There’s just something so soothing about the sound of the gayageum.

We’ve come to truly enjoy the twangy Korean sounds of the gayageum over the years, played deftly in the hands of musician Luna Lee. Here, she performs a stellar medley of Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild, The Beatles’ Come Together, and The Police’s Every Breath You Take.

Musician Luna Lee’s latest gayageum arrangement transforms The Doors 1970 classic Riders on the Storm into a wonderfully nuanced, mystical experience which suits the nature of the original track beautifully.

Just in time for the big Game of Thrones season finale, musician Luna Lee is here to perform a wonderful Korean-style cover version of composer Ramin Djawadi’s theme song from the hit HBO fantasy. We can imagine dragons flying overhead as this track plays.