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KunKun4 Editor – Simple Sanshin Source
Wow, this is pretty cool. KunKun4 Editor is a Flash-based Web app that lets you create your own kunkunshi to be saved to your PC or emailed to a friend. I played around with it a little and it seems to work very well. (Via Simple Sanshin Source.)
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DCT’s Nakamura and H&MC’s Maki celebrate first child – Tokyograph
Dreams Come True member Masato Nakamura (51) and ex-HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR vocalist Maki (22) are now parents. Maki gave birth to their first child on October 10 at a hospital in Okinawa. Nakamura announced the good news in his blog on Sunday. However, he did not say whether the child is a boy or…
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H&MC to perform at Sakura-Con 2010 – Tokyograph
JapanFiles.com has announced that HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR will be a musical guest at Sakura-Con 2010. This will be their first overseas performance since they added their new vocalist HALCA earlier this year. HALCA joined the group to replace their former vocalist Maki, who left in October 2008 to marry DREAMS COME TRUE’s Masato Nakamura.…
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Simple Sanshin Source requests your kunkunshi scans!
Kenji is requesting your help in sending him scans of kunkunshi. More information on how to send it to him can be found on site: Simple Sanshin Source. If he selects your kunkunshi, he’ll post it on the site with a “romaji translation and a small description of what the song is about.”
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Kiroro’s Chiharu celebrates the birth of her 3rd child
Singer Chiharu Tamashiro (32) of the duo Kiroro is now a mother of three. She gave birth to her newest child, a daughter, on September 29. The baby girl came two weeks earlier than anticipated, but she weighed in at 2,938 grams and is said to be healthy. Tamashiro, who married in 2005, already has…
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An Evening of Japanese and Okinawan Music and Dance – Hawaii
From the flyer: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · College of Arts & Humanities · Music Department presents An Evening of Japanese and Okinawan Music and Dance Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium $12 general admission, $8 students & seniors @ the door A recital featuring instructors from UH Manoa’s ethnomusicology and dance…
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Chihiro Kamiya’s new mini album “Cheeringu”
A very favorite artist of ours, Chihiro Kamiya, will be releasing a mini album titled “Cheeringu” on 9/30/09. The mini album will have a total of 7 tracks. In a departure to her previous albums which were Okinawan pop focused, the mini album will be a mixture of world, pop and reggae sounds. Whatever she…
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Fuzzy Control & DREAMS COME TRUE
One great thing to come out of Fuzzy Control‘s joining DCT records (DREAMS COME TRUE‘s indie record label) is the collaborative songs between the two bands and the latest is called “Sono Saki e,” featured in the 4th season of the J-drama “Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji.” Very catchy song and SATOKO rocks the drums! Connection…
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More iTunes links!
Yeah, I know. We just blogged about finding two Okinawan music collections on iTunes and here we are about an hour later and we have more links for you to click on. (Links will open iTunes.) Fumi “Sanshin de Kikitai Hikitai J-Pop Best 15“ HSB (Hirosaki University Steelpan Band) “Steelpan de Kiku Okinawa Ongaku“ Satoshi…
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Seibun Tokuhara, Johnny Ginowan, hirara to perform at the Okinawan Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii
We’re just about two weeks away from the 27th annual Okinawan Festival held in Honolulu, Hawaii, and like every year the event features several guest artists/groups from Okinawa. Performing at this year’s event is utasaa (Okinawa folk singer) Seibun Tokuhara, one of the top musicians of Ryūkyū minyou and classical music in Okinawa, ukulele musician…
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