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CD Album: Yanawarabaa’s ‘Utagusui’
I’m marking this as the O-pop CD album to buy this year. Yanawarabaa’s forthcoming 1st full-album of 13-tracks, “Utagusui” (AKCY-58033) will be released on August 29, 2007, and the first press edition will come with kunkunshii (think guitar tabs for your sanshin)! Check out my ‘Digging Yanawarabaa’ post for a YouTube clip of this fantastic…
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Why Not?
Now that the lyrics have been posted, why not sing along with BEGIN’s “Sanshin no Hana”? The significance of this video clip is that you’ll see actors Satoshi Tsumabuki and Masami Nagasawa in the studio — both were in the film “Nada Sou Sou” (IMDb link).
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Lyrics: BEGIN’s ‘Sanshin no Hana’
This song kept coming up in my blog stats so I’ll just make things easier by posting it. I romanized it in the style of the awesome Cherryblossom Garden site. (Tip: you can always try emailing me at karakuipress[at]gmail[dot]com and I’ll try my best to get the lyrics you’re searching for up on the blog.)…
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Digging Yanawarabaa
Currently collecting a lot of play counts on my iPod and in iTunes is “Haikei (maru maru) san” from an indies J/O-pop duo (Rio Aizato & Yuu Ishigaki) from Ishigaki called Yanawarabaa. The song also happens to be the theme song for a Yukie Nakama drama called “Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta!”. Talk about making…
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Keith Nakaganeku and Calabash at Borders This Week!
Want to hear one of the most beautiful voices on the island? How about a chance to listen to Hawaiian, Japanese and Okinawan music at the same place? Well, you’ll get all of those great things if you step away from your Mac/PC and head on over to the Borders at Victoria Ward Centre this…
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Rimi Natsukawa’s ‘Video Clip Collection’ and ‘Umuikaji’ Hits Stores on March 9th
Victor Entertainment will release a new Rimi Natsukawa DVD on March 9th titled “Video Clip Collection” which will be her third DVD release but her first collection of PVs (promotion videos). Beginning with her first single (under the Victor label) “Yuubae ni Yurete” on to her latest “Furusato”, there are a total of 11 videos…
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Soundtrack for the Film ‘Koishikute’
While we wait patiently for the film to start its run in Japan theaters (and pray for it to make it to US theaters), we can check out the “Koishikute” OST (original soundtrack) in the meantime. The 22-track OST (TECI-1154) will hit record store shelves on March 21, 2007 — before the film’s opening in…
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Okinawan Pop and Japanese Chindon: happyfunsmile
While looking through our blog stats I found that there are a few of you who are finding us with the keywords “okinawan” + “music” or “pop”. So, I decided to google “okinawan pop” and happened upon a chindon band out of New York City called happyfunsmile: happyfunsmile performs an eclectic mix of okinawan pop,…
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Rimi Natsukawa to Go Independent!
Phew, just got home from practice, took a much needed shower and I see this bit of news waiting for me to read in my newsreader. Not sure how major this bit of news will be to most readers out there but to me, this is pretty big. Rimi Natsukawa (33), who will take a…
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