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The Session from Toki no Suisaiga (YouTube)
Toki no Suisaiga is one of those special programs that I wish were translated into more languages. It has such amazing episodes. For their The Session series (it’s preceded by two full seasons), it features collaborations between traditional performing arts musicians with modern artists/musicians. In episode #14 (pictured above), we see the Luchu Kuuchoo performed…
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Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s New Single “Miji”
Brandon is out with a new single “Miji”! This song was written not only as a response to the water crisis situation at Kapūkakī, also known as Red Hill on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, but also to the situation in Okinawa. There too, the drinking water is being poisoned by the US military. The…
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New Okinawa Cellular CM Features Matsuda Ruka
Okinawa Cellular and model/actress Matsuda Ruka are back together with a new CM for their au Pay service! As you know, we were big fans of their previous CM collaboration that featured one of our favorite songs of 2022, “Alive” by Anly. This time it’s a cute commercial with their deer mascot and Ruka sings…
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Amazing Okinawa Minyo Ongaku-mura New Year Concert
Maki from Campus Records recently shared an archive of the Okinawa Minyo Ongaku-mura (in Okinawa City) New Year Concert on YouTube! The concert features the following utasha (musicians): veteran Taba Seishin, Shimabukuro Tatsuya, Matsuda Kazutoshi, Akamaami, and Yui Yui Sisters (Yamakawa Mayumi was unable to attend due to health reasons). Enjoy!
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Shogen’s Interview with Sakura TV
A recent interview for Sakura TV has reached close to 100,000 views on YouTube as of this post! The interview is for Shogen’s film “December” directed by Anshul Chauhan.
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Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s “Chijuyaa” on the DisOrient 2023 Film Festival
We think we first saw the video for Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s “Chijuyaa” during one of the HUOA’s YouTube channel livestreams and thought it was an amazing arrangement of “Hamachiduri” and a very beautiful video. Now we’ll have a chance to watch it again as it’s been selected to be streamed on the DisOrient 2023 Film…
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Uehara Shunsuke’s Dawgss New Single “Finale”
Possibly one of the best/top drummers from Okinawa (you’ll often find him keeping the beat for the most popular artists from Japan) is Uehara Shunsuke (formerly of Rinken Band) and his group dawggs has a new single “FINALE” that was released on 1/17/23. We’re really loving it. Add it to your favorite streaming platform here.
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Miura Daichi Goes to Space (Kinda)
Miura Daichi recently released a new digital single (he’s been on quite a streak lately with new songs!) and this one takes him to space, well kinda. For his new song “ALOS”, Daichi is working with JAXA for their new “Daichi (ALOS)” satellite series. His single before this was the theme song for an anime…
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Anly Shares An Amazing Photo
Anly recently shared a photo on her Twitter that’s mind-blowing 🤯 because it’s a pairing of one of the top pop music artists (Anly, of course) and folk music artists (Nakasone Hajime / R∞2) from Okinawa! If you follow us, you know that she did a collaboration with Hajime on her song “Alive” which is…
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New Single from YU-KA “Hoshizukiyo”
YU-KA is back with a new single for 2023 and back together again with Toru from ONE OK ROCK so this one will get a lot of attention! “Hoshizukiyo” is now available on your favorite streaming platform. And of course, there’s an MV for it too. 😊
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