Category Archives: Local Musician Features

Nagano’s Music Scene: Interview with Aya Hasegawa

Posted on 2010/07/20 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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Homegrown Album Release: Interview with Derek Hurst

Posted on 2010/02/02 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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