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Hajime Chitose’s New Album “Fune o Matsu” July Release
The 20th anniversary celebration for Hajime Chitose continues with the announcement of her first new original album since 2008’s “Cassini”. Set for a July release, “Fune o Matsu” will be her 5th album and there will be a new single released every month leading up to the release date. The April single is named after…
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NHK’s Morning Drama “Chimudondon” Starts Airing on 4/11
The countdown has begun since we’re days away from the 4/11 start of the much anticipated NHK morning drama “Chimudondon” that’s set in Okinawa (Yanbaru) and in Japan. After a long wait, we also know the musician that’s singing the drama’s theme song: Okinawa’s Miura Daichi and his song “Sansan” will be released on 4/11…
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Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s “Shikee nu Uchinaanchu”
After it was announced that Okinawa (now based in Tokyo) band green note coaster won the theme song (“Utarana, Udurana” free download) to this year’s 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, we were left wondering about the other submissions. Now we know that one of them was from the amazing musician Brandon Ufugusuku Ing who made it…
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i-Dushi is Back with a New Single “Bokura no Hanataba”
via Twitter Since going on hiatus last year (8 months ago!), our favorite duo i-Dushi has been quite busy with their lives. We last saw them sadly have to cancel the majority of their concert dates due to the COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. This came as they released their much anticipated new album “HOPE” in…
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14th Okinawa International Movie Festival 4/16 to 4/17
The 2022 Okinawa International Movie Festival (OIMF) is set for 4/16 to 4/17! Like last year, they’ll also be streaming a select number of films online but you’ll need to create a FANY ID (see their website for more details). The top film for this year’s festival is the documentary “Murasaki” (about the legendary rock…
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HoRookies’s “Yui no Uta” New Shimauta Pops!
Having just released a full album (the fantastic “Focus“) in August last year, HoRookies is back with a lovely ballad called “Yui no Uta”. The song was written by the band’s drummer, Higa Shuntaro, who happens to also be the drummer for BEGIN (and if you’re following closely, is the son of BEGIN’s Higa Eisho).…
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Cocco’s New Album “Prom” is Amazing
We’re like, “Wait!”, didn’t Cocco just release an amazing album (“Kuchinashi”) last year?! Yup, and we have a new album “Prom” freshly released today 3/23 and coming on her 25th anniversary! Ever since she started incorporating shimauta (covers and originals) and shimakutuba in her music we’ve been hooked and “Prom” (her 12th album) continues the…
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Rude-α’s New Song for Peace “Umui”
Although it doesn’t seem to be available anywhere online yet, Ryukyu Shimpo released a special video of Rude-α performing his new song “Umui” at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum. Very emotional video clip about his family, the war, and his song for peace. Definitely worth the time to watch it.
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New Album from Higa Keiko 3/30
Higa Keiko (Deigo Musume) will be releasing a new album on 3/30 titled “Tenmikachi, Donmikachi, Hiyamikachi”. The album will have a total of 14 tracks with many guest musicians like Maekawa Shuken and Kinjo Keiko among others. It looks to be one of the more interesting new albums to come out this year. We’re unable…
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Awich’s New Album “QUEENDOM” is Out!
Awich’s latest album “QUEENDOM” was released on 3/4 (which happened to also be Sanshin Day さんしんの日!) The album has a total of 13 tracks and is available on all streaming platforms. The title track “Queendom” is amazing.
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