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Cover of Kiroro’s “Mirai e” by i-Dushi
A hula version of i-Dushi’s “Mirai e” (Kiroro) was recently put together by Insense Music Works on their YouTube channel. The cover song was released with the compilation album “HONEY meets ISLAND CAFE – Sea of Love 5 -” from December 2020. Unfortunately, the album nor the single is available globally so we’ll have to…
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HoRookies’s 2nd Album “Focus” Release Party on YouTube
HoRookies recently released their 2nd album “Focus” at the beginning of the month and held a release party for it on YouTube. They announced that it’s now available on YouTube as an archive so if you missed the livestream or just want to watch it again, here’s your chance! By the way, if you haven’t…
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Gus Hokama’s Lovely Song “Jikuu no Hana”
I hope you enjoyed the two days of Uchinaa culture with HUOA’s 2021 Virtual Okinawan Festival (and if you haven’t, there’s always the archives). We were treated to a lot of amazing local talent and a few special guests and one that came to our attention is singer-songwriter Gus Hokama from Argentina and his song…
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HoRookies Releases 2nd Album
Following the release of their fun summer song “Root Beer”, HoRookies have announced the release of their second album “Focus”. The album has a total of 7 tracks and is available on all music streaming services.
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Miura Daichi to be Featured on AI’s “IN THE MIDDLE”
Miura Daichi is on a roll for 2021 and is featured on J-pop singer AI’s single “In The Middle”. Daichi also helped pen the lyrics and compose the music for the song so it definitely works to both singers strengths. Available on Apple Music on other music streaming services.
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Miura Daichi’s “Colorful” for Team Coca-Cola Reaches 1M Views
Miura Daichi participated in a group project for Team Coca-Cola with other pop artists and the song “Colorful” has reached over 1 million views on YouTube. The music video had its YouTube premiere on 7/19 along with a single that’s available on all streaming platforms. He’s the first artist on the video so you can’t…
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Shimabukuro Hiroko’s New Single “Something Great”
Coming ahead of SPEED’s 25th anniversary tribute album, Shimabukuro Hiroko released a new single on 8/5 “Something Great”. The digital single is available on all streaming platforms (gotta love it). She mentions in a tweet that it’s a strange feeling to have released a new song in the 25th year (her last release was in…
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First SPEED Tribute Album Celebrating Their 25th Anniversary
We can’t believe that this is the group’s first tribute album but what better time than during their 25th anniversary? Set to be released on 11/11, “SPEED SPIRITS” will feature fellow Uchinanchu ISSA (DA PUMP) and BENI. The entire list of artists hasn’t been revealed yet so hopefully we’ll see more artists from Uchinaa.
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HY Releases The First Take Singles
HY have done two The First Take videos with their song “366days” being the channel’s 100th and it also happens to be during the band’s 20th anniversary. The second video was for their song “Good Bye“. Now both songs are available on music streaming services! It’s amazing knowing that the recordings are live and in…
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August will be a Big Month for What at lazz
WAL (What at lazz) made a big announcement for the month of August with an upcoming new CD single “Sumaho wa Shimatte Dance Night” (8/29 release) and the MV release on 8/18. They will also start posting to their YouTube channel every Monday, Wednesday and Friday!
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