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Emi Tawata to release her 2nd mini-album – bounce.com
Emi Tawata, the Pop/Soul/R&B singer, will be releasing her second mini-album on the 23rd of this month titled “LOVE&PEACE.” The album follows her debut album “∞infinity∞” (also a mini-album) which was released on April 23rd of this year. Emi’s music can be listened to on her MySpace page. (Link: bounce.com [ニュース].)
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Beni Arashiro featured on Dohzi-T’s latest single
I totally missed the release on this one but luckily caught their recent performance on Mステ and wow, what a cool song. The title of the song is “Mou Ichido…” by J-rap artist Dohzi-T and Okinawan-American singer Beni Arashiro (going by her first name, BENI, for this ‘featuring’ release). Although “Mou Ichido…” is Dohzi-T’s song,…
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Meisa Kuroki debuts as singer – Tokyograph
Rising young actress Meisa Kuroki has just made her singing debut in connection with the au Sportio/W62T mobile phones. Her first song is an R&B/dance number called ‘Like This.’ Kuroki will appear in commercials for both phones, and different arrangements of the song will be used for each. ‘Like This’ will see only limited distribution.…
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GReeeeN recaptures record for fastest million downloads – Tokyograph
GReeeeN has reclaimed a digital download record with their newest single ‘Kiseki,’ which is being used as the theme song for the drama series ‘ROOKIES.’ The group’s hit song ‘Aiuta’ had previously set a record for reaching 1 million chaku-uta downloads in only 91 days. In March, Thelma Aoyama broke that record with ‘Soba ni…
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Monpachi to release best album – Tokyograph
Popular rock band MONGOL800 (also known as ‘Monpachi’) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a best hits album, titled ‘etc works.’ The collection features not only their own songs, but also collaborations with other artists (such as RYUKYUDISKO and RIP SLYME) and covers they performed for the tribute albums of Unicorn and Husking Bee. ‘etc…
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YouTube: ORANGE RANGE’s ‘Kimi Station’ (PV)
ORANGE RANGE’s latest single “Kimi Station” — which is fantastic — was released less than a week ago and here’s the PV of it. I admire that they remain true to their roots in Okinawa and you’ll find that they often shoot their PVs on location there.
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3-4 Day Special: Kajadifuu Bushi
In celebration of Sanshin Day, March 4, I’m featuring a Ryūkyū Koten Ongaku (Ryūkyū classical music) song called “Kajadifū Bushi (かぎやで風節).” It has a bit of history for myself as the first song I learned on uta-sanshin from Katsumi Shinsato-sensei some fifteen years ago and I’ve been playing it ever since. Here’s a little background…
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melody. blogs release date for her forthcoming album ‘Lei Aloha’
J-pop artist and Karakui.com favorite, melody., blogged the release date of 4/9/08 for her upcoming album, “Lei Aloha.” According to her blog post, the theme for “Lei Aloha” is kizuna (bonds) and it will be melody.’s 4th album following 2007’s “READY TO GO!” The album will feature 14 songs (track titles are already up on…
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Amuse forms new company, gives Emi Tawata major label debut – Tokyograph
Management agency Amuse is establishing a new company called AZEAL. Within the first three years, the company aims to sign three music artists who have the potential for nationwide tours that will attract hundreds of thousands of fans. The first artist signed to the firm is 23-year-old singer Emi Tawata. Originally from Okinawa, she was…
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TBSK: The next HY / HandMC?
Sorry about the abbreviations in the title folks but can you name all three bands? We’ll start with the popular indie band HY — since that’s what they go by — who are representing their hometown, Higashi Yakena, with pride. (Btw, it’s the band’s choice to remain indie.) Next is the uber-popular J-mixture band HIGH…
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