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World Sanshin Festival
For the first time, a World Sanshin Festival will be held in the fall to coincide with the 7th Worldwide Uchinānchu Festival (10/30 to 11/3). Looks like they’ll do a “tour festival” in an effort to reduce crowds due to the ongoing pandemic and the World Sanshin Festival will be held every five years after…
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JO1’s Sukai and Sho on The First Take!
I think the channel/series started due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has since become a cultural phenomenon (almost every video has a million views!). For this video, both Kinjo Sukai and Yonashiro Sho from JO1 are featured as they do a beautiful The First Take version of their group’s song “Bokura no Kisetsu”. They’re so…
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Anly’s Upcoming Single “Alive” for au Okinawa Cellular 5G
Singer-songwriter Anly who happens to be sponsored by both Fender and Yamaha, has been on a streak with new single releases. Her next single is called “Alive” and has a tie-up with Okinawa Cellular’s 5G service. Anly tweeted that the sanshin that can be heard on the song is performed by none other than Nakasone…
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Miura Daichi’s “Sansan” the Theme Song for “Chimudondon” ❤️
I hope everyone enjoyed the first week of “Chimudondon” as much as we have. While we wait for new episodes, we can now listen to the theme song in repeat as Miura Daichi’s “Sansan” has finally been released! The song is amazing and matches the show perfectly. An MV hasn’t been released for it yet…
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Hajime Chitose’s New Album “Fune o Matsu” July Release
The 20th anniversary celebration for Hajime Chitose continues with the announcement of her first new original album since 2008’s “Cassini”. Set for a July release, “Fune o Matsu” will be her 5th album and there will be a new single released every month leading up to the release date. The April single is named after…
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Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s “Shikee nu Uchinaanchu”
After it was announced that Okinawa (now based in Tokyo) band green note coaster won the theme song (“Utarana, Udurana” free download) to this year’s 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, we were left wondering about the other submissions. Now we know that one of them was from the amazing musician Brandon Ufugusuku Ing who made it…
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i-Dushi is Back with a New Single “Bokura no Hanataba”
via Twitter Since going on hiatus last year (8 months ago!), our favorite duo i-Dushi has been quite busy with their lives. We last saw them sadly have to cancel the majority of their concert dates due to the COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. This came as they released their much anticipated new album “HOPE” in…
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HoRookies’s “Yui no Uta” New Shimauta Pops!
Having just released a full album (the fantastic “Focus“) in August last year, HoRookies is back with a lovely ballad called “Yui no Uta”. The song was written by the band’s drummer, Higa Shuntaro, who happens to also be the drummer for BEGIN (and if you’re following closely, is the son of BEGIN’s Higa Eisho).…
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Cocco’s New Album “Prom” is Amazing
We’re like, “Wait!”, didn’t Cocco just release an amazing album (“Kuchinashi”) last year?! Yup, and we have a new album “Prom” freshly released today 3/23 and coming on her 25th anniversary! Ever since she started incorporating shimauta (covers and originals) and shimakutuba in her music we’ve been hooked and “Prom” (her 12th album) continues the…
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Rude-α’s New Song for Peace “Umui”
Although it doesn’t seem to be available anywhere online yet, Ryukyu Shimpo released a special video of Rude-α performing his new song “Umui” at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum. Very emotional video clip about his family, the war, and his song for peace. Definitely worth the time to watch it.
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