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Kamiya Family’s Commemorative Album “Yuubaru Utakata”
To commemorate the recent Kamiya family concert, a commemorative album “Yuubaru Utakata” was released. The CD is currently being sold on their website and they have a special version of it with additional goods. Sadly, as of this writing only the single for “Yuubaru Utakata” is available on streaming platforms but we’ll keep an eye…
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Musicians Oyakawa Haruka & Tanahara Kenta in “Toki no Suisaiga”
The long-running YouTube series “Toki no Suisaiga” and one of the most missed gems on the platform for Ryukyu culture finally, yes finally, released a couple of videos with English subtitles. The first video features popular Ryukyu classical musician Oyakawa Haruka (pictured above) performing the song “Nakarata Bushi (なからた節)”. Haruka has been on the series…
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Live Performance of Anly’s 26ml Tour 2023-2024
This is pretty cool. A fan of Anly’s (zero jack on YouTube) recorded her live concert in Nagoya’s Shangrila in support of her 26ml tour. We used to see Anly release her own live videos to her YouTube channel during the Covid-19 lockdown but now that she’s back to touring she’s mostly been releasing her…
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Miura Daichi’s New Single “Sheep”
Wow. Get ready to be blown away by Miura Daichi’s latest single “Sheep” and its music video. We won’t spoil it for you so just check it out! Daichi’s new album “OVER” is set for a January 24th release.
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Aragaki Yui Stars in “Seiyoku” (Film)
Aragaki Yui can be seen on the big screen starring in the highly rated Japanese film “Seiyoku (Ab)normal Desire” released on 11/10. Yui plays the main role of Kiryu Natsuki and as a bonus, the insert song “Differences” for the film is by Okinawan rapper Chico Carlito! We don’t see a link up the song…
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OKIDOKI Featuring CHOUJI & Grace Aimi
Here’s the champuru mix we’ve been waiting for and we’ll make it our theme song to close out 2023: OKIDOKI featuring CHOUJI and Grace Aimi! Oh, and we can’t forget the special treat of Deigo Musume too! OKIDOKI is produced by Bigknot Records and is newly arranged from the Okinawan minyou song “Kokoro no Furusato”…
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Canae’s New Single “Usukaji” & Lead Actress!
Canae from i-Dushi recently released a new digital single “Usukaji (潮風-うすかじ-)” and get this, it’s the ending theme of a film she’s starring in! Yup, not only is she a talented artist of classical and shimauta pops, we can now add acting too! The film is “Nandekane Tsurumi” (Tsurumi is a ward in Yokohama Japan…
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Amuro Namie’s Catalog on Streaming Services Go Poof!
Ryukyu Shimpo is reporting that Amuro Namie’s entire catalog of albums, singles, etc. have disappeared from streaming platforms. We checked Apple Music and sure enough, although her page is still there all of her music is gone. In addition to streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, her music videos have also disappeared from YouTube.…
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Koza Machi Channel (YouTube)
You’re in for a treat. Koza Machi Channel (コザまちチャンネル) on YouTube created a special cultural program “Tatta Futari no Kai (A meeting for two)” featuring top musicians/artists Maekawa Shuken “Gen-chan” and Yonaha Toru. As you can see from the screenshot, they don’t only play sanshin but also dance and talk story too. The program comes…
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Orange Range’s New Single “Hi! Moshimoshi…Natsudesu!”
Despite the sad news of their Instagram account being hacked, Orange Range presses forward with a new single “Hi! Moshimoshi…Natsudesu!” released on 11/6 and it’s a banger!
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