Chinese pipa master Wu Man collaborates with shakuhachi virtuoso Kojiro Umezaki in a new album titled Flow (流芳). Release date: February 19th, 2021. Drawing upon…
Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki to Release ‘Flow’
Tag: Japanese music
Moon over City Ruins, an Extraordinary Musical Bridge Between China and Japan
Various Artists – Moon over City Ruins (Rhymoi Music, 2019) Chinese producer Ye Yunchuan brought together some of the finest musicians from China and Japan…
The Way of Taiko in the Apennines
KyoShinDo – Taiko Do – Echo of the Soul (Arc Music, 2020) Japanese percussion ensembles (taiko drumming) have been fascinating international audiences for years. This…
Shakuhachi Traveler
Rodrigo Rodriguez is globetrotting musician and composer. Born in Argentina, he’s lived in Japan and Spain. Although he plays various musical instruments, his main device…
Earth Celebration: Feel the Drum Beats Rise through Your Feet
From August 16th to 18th, the lush island of Sado in Japan is filled with the sounds of taiko drums, song and dance. The Earth…
Echoes Of Japan by Minyo Crusaders Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart
“Echoes of Japan” by Japanese ensemble Minyo Crusaders is the number 1 album in the June edition of the Transglobal World Music Chart. Minyo Crusaders,…
Artist Profiles: Minyo Crusaders
In the late 1990s, guitarist Katsumi Tanaka moved to Fussa, a city in western Tokyo immersed in counter-culture folklore. Initially uninterested in min’yō, a catastrophic…
Artist Profiles: Yoko Hiraoka
Yoko Hiraoka is a master of the classical music of Japan and performs with koto, shamisen and voice. Her early training as a young player…
Artist Profiles: Yuji Hasegawa
Yuji Hasegawa was born in 1941 in Itayanagi, Aomori. He is the leading performer of tsugaru-shamisen in the Hasegawa-Sangenkai Style. He is also the Chairman…
Artist Profiles: Dozan Fujiwara
Dozan Fujiwara studied shakuhachi under Yamamoto Hozan. A graduate of Tokyo University of Fine Arts in 1995, Fujiwara participated in the International Shakuhachi Festival held…