The Black Lung Inner City Choir is a trio that was formed in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, by three Canadian musicians.

The Black Lung Inner City Choir was formed in 2003 in Taichung Taiwan by Nick Fothergill, Pat Reid, and Brad Whitmore. They have since played over 300 live shows in Taiwan, Canada

Canada

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, and other parts of Asia

Asia

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. It has been 3 years since The Black Lung Inner City Choir released their debut album "If I Leave For home".

Discography

If I Leave For Home. PNB Publishing, 2005.

The album features one song sung by the band in Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese

Taiwanese language

Taiwanese language may refer to* Most commonly** Taiwanese Hokkien, spoken by about 70% of the population of Taiwan* Also** One of the Languages of Taiwan** One of the indigenous Formosan languages spoken in Taiwan...

. It also features collaboration with a singer from the Amis

Amis

Amis may refer to:* Amis people , a tribe of Taiwanese aborigines* Amis language, an indigenous language of Taiwan* AMIS , an Internet service provider in Slovenia and CroatiaThe acronym AMIS may stand for:...

 tribe who accompanies the band in her native language. She recites a love poem in her native language over the beginning of a track and then joins in the harmony for the rest of the tune. She also recorded an a cappella

A cappella

A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

number in her native language for the album.