Remon Nakanishi 中西レモン – Hinano Iezuto ひなのいえづと (DOYASA! Records, 2022) Remon Nakanishi ‘s Hinano Iezuto album’s title, drawn from an archaic Japanese phrase meaning “a…
Remon Nakanishi’s Hinano Iezuto Rewrites the Japanese Folk Canon
Tag: Japanese music
Jazz Meets Soul and Japanese Influences on Eki Shola’s Kaeru
Eki Shola – 還 Kaeru (2023) Musician, composer and physician, Eki Shola, is originally from London but now calls both the San Francisco Bay Area…
Japanese melodies dance on the winds of change
Chiyomi Yamada and Baobab – Songs of my land (indigo road, 2024) Songs of my Land by Chiyomi Yamada and Baobab, is an enchanting fusion…
Artist Profiles: Koto Innovator Yumi Kurosawa
Yumi Kurosawa, born into a family of koto players in Japan, started her koto studies at the age of three with her parents, Kazuo and…
Japan’s of Tropique! to Release Debut Album ‘Buster Goes West’
Tokyo’s of Tropique! is set to release their first full-length Buster Goes West on Electric Cowbell Records on February 3, 2023. Their debut presents eclectic…
Minyo Crusaders Captured Live in the Netherlands
Minyo Crusaders – Live At Le Guess Who? (Mais Um, 2021) Celebrated Japanese band Minyo Crusaders recorded “Live At Le Guess Who?” in 2019 at…
Artist Profiles: Joji Hirota
Drummer, singer, flute player and composer, Joji Hirota easily defies definition. Trained as a classical musician in Japan, he has spent over half his life…
Artist Profiles: Yoshida Brothers
The Yoshida Brothers, the stellar tsugaru-shamisen duo comprised of siblings Ryoichiro and Kenichi were a pop culture phenomenon in their native Japan in the first…
Artist Profiles: Yukihiro Atsumi
Japanese composer and guitarist Yukihiro Atsumi has had a multifaceted music career, collaborating with a wide range of well-known artists within and outside of Japan.…
Artist Profiles: Rodrigo Rodriguez
Born in Argentina (1978), Rodrigo Rodriguez arrived to Spain in 1986 where he spent most of his childhood. At an early age he began to…