Category Archives: Music

Young Love for the New and Old of Japanese Enka Music

Posted on July 20, 2010 by YomoYama Magazine

It is hard to trace where my love for Japanese Enka first began. I can say that I grew up listening to it my whole life. My early childhood was spent living in Taiwan where Enka at the time was … Continue reading →

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Nagano’s Music Scene: Interview with Aya Hasegawa

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Joshua Friedman

It’s a Saturday night at Nagano City’s India Live the Sky.  The music between bands stops, and from behind the fog on stage steps a guitar-and-recorder welding 24-year old singer-songwriter named Aya Hasegawa.  Flanked by her lead guitarist, Shingo “Waku” … Continue reading →

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Part of the weekend never dies…

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Sun

by Soleil Kellar 1. FLASHDANCE We all do it sometimes, some more than others but everyone nonetheless. Dancing in the street. Dancing in the office.  It’s spontaneous, ridiculous and often in synch with a legion of undead folks who also … Continue reading →

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Homegrown Album Release: Interview with Derek Hurst

Posted on February 2, 2010 by YomoYama Magazine

Shinano-machi’s Derek Hurst debuts his first CD How would you describe your music? Derek: Pop-piano rock, although my producer Kohki added a lot of really interesting touches to the CD.  The songs we did a lot of work on have … Continue reading →

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